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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 7: VER. 7.
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.
My Brethren, The Lord pities men, yea, sinful men in the 1time of their adversity, but when they are at the height and forget him, Oh the anger of God is against them now above any men. I'll give you one Scripture to show how God hath regard to men in low conditions; but to tho[…] that are fatted up in prosperity Gods anger is most against them. Ezek; 34. 16. 20. I will seek that which was lost, I will bring 2again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which ⟨p. 500⟩was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the sat and the strong, I will feed them with judgment, saith he. Those that are lost, I'll seek them; those that are broken, I'll bind them up; those that are sick, I'll heal; but I'll destroy the fat, and the strong, I will feed them with Judgment. Oh here's an excellent Scripture for the 3comforting of the hearts of those that are in an afflicted condition. See how God regards such: but God hath not such regard to fat ones, and strong ones, he will feed 4them with judgment, and destroy them. The care and protection of God is more over the lost ones, and the broken ones, and the sick ones, than the fat ones, and the strong ones, they are to be fed with Judgment, I'll be to them as a Lyon; and the reason of this is;
My Brethren, The Lord pities men, yea, sinful men in the 1time of their adversity, but when they are at the height and forget him, Oh the anger of God is against them now above any men. I'le give you one Scripture to shew how God hath regard to men in low conditions; but to tho〈…〉 that are fatted up in prosperity Gods anger is most against them. Ezek; 34. 16. 20. I will seek that which was lost, I will bring 2again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which