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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thirdly, Every sin that is against Conscience, it weakens 1the work of Conscience; the Authority of Conscience will quickly be weakened when it is once broken; break but off the yoke of Conscience, and Conscience will be weaker than it was before: At the first time when a man sins against Conscience, his Conscience hath a great deal of strength in it, and mightily troubles him at the very first, but having had a flaw (as it were) it grows weaker. I remember a notable story which that reverend and famous Divine, Doctor Preston hath, of one in Cambridge that had committed a great sin, and he had this temptation 2upon him; Do the act again, and your Conscience will trouble you no more: and this temptation did prevail upon him, he did it again, and then he grew a very sot indeed, and went on in his wickedness: Every sin doth somewhat to weaken Conscience, and therefore one that falls off from God, will sin more and more.
Thirdly, Every sin that is against Conscience, it weakens 1the work of Conscience; the Authority of Conscience will quickly be weakened when it is once broken; break but off the yoke of Conscience, and Conscience will be weaker than it was before: At the first time when a man sins against Conscience, his Conscience hath a great deal of strength in it, and mightily troubles him at the very first, but having had a flaw (as it were) it grows weaker. I remember a notable story which that reverend and famous Divine, Doctor Preston hath, of one in Cambridg that had committed a great sin, and he had this temptation 2upon him; Do the act again, and your Conscience will trouble you no more: and this temptation did prevail upon him, he did it again, and then he grew a very sot indeed, and went on in his wickedness: Every sin doth somewhat to weaken Conscience, and therfore one that fals off from God, will sin more and more.
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- 2A story related by Dr. Preston.