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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 13 › Verse 2: VER. 2.
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There's a great emphasis in this Particle, [Now] They sin more and more, that is, even now, when the very sentence 1of death was out against them, even now, they do it. Thus did Ahab in 1 Kings, 16. 30. And Ahab did ⟨p. 430⟩evil in the sight of the Lord, above all that we[…]fore him, he added evil. From whence observe this,
There's a great emphasis in this Particle, [Now] They sin more and more, that is, even now, when the very sentence 1of death was out against them, even now, they do it. Thus did Ahab in 1 Kings, 16. 30. And Ahab did ⟨p. 430⟩evil in the sight of the Lord, above all that we〈…〉fore him, he added evil. From whence observe this,
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That when destruction is nearest, then evil men are wickedest. Now their sin ripens apace; when the scum grows highest, 1then it's nearest the fire, and so the nearer it is to the fire the higher it will grow: It's a great sign of the nearness 2of mens times, that they are not long, when they grow notoriously wicked; See a man that hath been forward in that which is good heretofore, he may have failings and yet the Lord may pity him; but now let this man grow to be very wicked, not only to abate of his profession, but grow to be very wicked, expect the ruin of that man suddenly, it will not be long.