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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 9: VER. 9.
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.
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thy self, but in me is thy help.
OH! do not find fault with the dreadfulness of God, that God appears thus dreadful to you, and do not you blame the Ministers of God that they do render 1God in this dreadful manner before you; though it's true, that God appears in a way ready to destroy you, bu[…] the Lord yet is infinite holy, and blessed, and a God of mercy and goodness in himself, O Israel, thou hast destroyed thy self, thou mayest thank thy self for all this […] ⟨p. 508⟩many of you when you hear the terrors of God set before 2you, perhaps your hearts rise against them, and your spirits do exceedingly distaste such things as those are, and why do Ministers make God appear to be so terrible to people, when as he is such a merciful and gracious God? Oh! rather lay thine hand upon thine own heart and say, God indeed is thus gracious and merciful, but it's through my wickedness that makes God appear so terrible, the judgments of God are called, strange things, it's because that God hath not such delight in the execution of wrath, in appearing like a Lyon, a Leopard, and a Bear; It's that that pleases the heart of God to appear as a Father to do good to his people, Oh! but thou hast destroyed thy self.
OH! do not find fault with the dreadfulness of God, that God appears thus dreadful to you, and do not you blame the Ministers of God that they do render 1God in this dreadful manner before you; though it's true, that God appears in a way ready to destroy you, bu〈…〉 the Lord yet is infinite holy, and blessed, and a God of mercy and goodness in himself, O Israel, thou hast destroyed thy self, thou maiest thank thy self for all this