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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 11 › Verse 2: VERS. 2.
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Secondly, When God hath called us out of affliction, it is 1a great addition of mercy to call us out of sin unto duty; and we should account one as great as another. We think it a great mercy if the Lord will call us out of an affliction; but when God calls us out of a misery, and calls us to a duty, Do you think that that's as great a mercy? That's a sign of a sanctified heart indeed. You are in sickness and under great extremity; if God should say, I will give out my Word to deliver you, that would be a sweet word you would say. I but when God gives out his Word to call thee out of thy sin to a duty, thou shouldest as joyfully take an hint of that Word of God too; Oh! do you prize Gods call unto you from sin to duty, as much as from misery to prosperity.
Secondly, When God hath called us out of affliction, it is 1a great addition of mercy to call us out of sin unto duty; and we should account one as great as another. We think it a great mercy if the Lord will call us out of an affliction; but when God calls us out of a misery, and calls us to a duty, Do you think that that's as great a mercy? That's a sign of a sanctified heart indeed. You are in sickness and under great extremity; if God should say, I wil give out my Word to deliver you, that would be a sweet word you would say. I but when God gives out his Word to call thee out of thy sin to a duty, thou shouldest as joyfully take an hint of that Word of God too; Oh! do you prize Gods call unto you from sin to duty, as much as from misery to prosperity.
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Thirdly, It's a great aggravation of mens sins if they be 1called to duty, after God hath called them out of misery and they do not obey it. After thou comest out of an affliction, whether bodily or spiritual, God expects thou shouldest as diligently hearken to his call that calls thee to duty, as thou doest take hold of his mercy when he held it to thee to deliver thee out of thine affliction; charge thy soul