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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 13 › Verse 1: VER. 1.
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Let men therefore take heed of trusting in their former 1repute, for let them have done what they will heretofore, yet if they depart from God their honour will be gone; Men that are in place of Authority, or in place of Ministry, had need consider this point well, for it's a matter of great moment for men in place of Authority to keep up their repute and esteem that they may be the more useful and do service, not only for themselves, but that they may be of the greater use to do service for God. And it is one of the great designs of the Devil to seek to cast dirt upon those that God doth use as Instruments for good▪ Oh! it concerns them to look to it that there be nothing justly cast upon them.
Let men therefore take heed of trusting in their former 1repute, for let them have done what they will heretofore, yet if they depart from God their honor will be gone; Men that are in place of Authority, or in place of Ministry, had need consider this point well, for it's a matter of great moment for men in place of Authority to keep up their repute and esteem that they may be the more useful and do service, not only for themselves, but that they may be of the greater use to do service for God. And it is one of the great designs of the Devil to seek to cast dirt upon those that God doth use as Instruments for good▪ Oh! it concerns them to look to it that there be nothing justly cast upon them.
- 1Use. for Magistrates and Ministers that have bin of Repute.Use. for Magistrats and Ministers that have bin of Repute.
It's very observable how God remembers Ephraim a long time after to put dishonour upon him. You shall read in the Book of the Revelations where the Tribes are reckoned up, in chap. 7. there's only two Tribes left out, Dan & Ephraim, Ephraim is not mentioned there by