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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 6: VER. 6.
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.
Fourthly, They conceive some excellency in themselves, why they have more than others, as if it were because 1they had more excellency in themselves, and were more worthy than others; and they are not every body, but are could out among others as the prime and chief, as if there were more worth in them: this puffs them up.
Fourthly, They conceive some excellency in themselves, why they have more than others, as if it were because 1they had more excellency in themselves, and were more worthy than others; and they are not every body, but are culd out among others as the prime and chief, as if there were more worth in them: this puffs them up.
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Fifthly, They see all others desire what they have, 1they see a great distance between them and others, and those that are under them do highly esteem of them, They call the proud, happy, they have many flatterers. They were filled, and their hearts were exalted, not only above 2men, but above God. Psal. 73. 9. They set their mouths against Heaven, and their tongue walketh through the Earth. (speaking of wicked men in prosperity) They will speak against every one when they are high themselves, scorning at the ways of God, and at his Saints; When is the time wherein wicked men that are of scornful spirits, do scorn and speak most roughly against the people of God and the ways of God, but when they are filled, when they are at Taverns and have filled themselves with Wine and good Cheer, then they scorn, and blaspheme, and set their mouths against Heaven, and their tongues walk throughout the City and Country, against Parliament