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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of the prophesy of Hosea being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the seventh book published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of the prophesy of Hosea being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhil, London / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the seventh book published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1651
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 12 › Verse 14: VER. 14.
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The Note from whence is this, That though sin of its own 1nature doth provoke God, yet there are some sins provoke him bitterly. In Heb. 3. 8. Harden not your hearts, as in the day of provocation, in the time of bitterness, so the word is; do 2not harden you hearts as in the provocation, as in the bitterness of my spirit. Oh! some things doth embitter Gods Spirit; as Hardness of heart doth embitter God Spirit, 3and False worship; yea, many times even those things wherein we think we do God a great deal of service doth embitter Gods Spirit. Oh! there's many men that think they serve God in doing that which provokes him bitterly: we know what the Scripture speaks of men, that when they shall deal thus and thus with the Saints they shall think that they do God good service. They may have a good intention in what they do, and yet they shall provoke God bitterly: Oh let us not rest in good intentions: I make no question but this people did say so to the Prophet. Well, whatsoever their intentions ⟨p. 406⟩were, yet God was provoked bitterly by what they did.
The Note from whence is this, That though sin of its own 1nature doth provoke God, yet there are some sins provoke him bitterly. In Heb. 3. 8. Harden not your hearts, as in the day of provocation, in the time of bitterness, so the word is; do 2not harden you hearts as in the provocation, as in the bitterness of my spirit. Oh! some things doth imbitter Gods Spirit; as Hardness of heart doth imbitter God Spirit, 3and False worship; yea, many times even those things wherein we think we do God a great deal of service doth imbitter Gods Spirit. Oh! there's many men that think they serve God in doing that which provokes him bitterly: we know what the Scripture speaks of men, that when they shall deal thus and thus with the Saints they shall think that they do God good service. They may have a good intention in what they do, and yet they shall provoke God bitterly: Oh let us not rest in good intentions: I make no question but this people did say so to the Prophet. Wel, whatsoever their intentions