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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.
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And besides, Oh the extreme vexation that there will be in mens spirits, when they shall be convinced of this, 1when the Lord shall present to them all the means they have had, and all the mercies they have enjoyed, so that their consciences shall fly in their faces and tell them, Oh you may thank your selves for this, it was that wretched heart of thine that thou hast so talked of, I told you of this before, Oh! that pride, and that hypocrisy, and that Self seeking, and that falseness of thine hath brought thee to all this. Oh this will be an eternal vexation, it will be the matter for the worm to gnaw upon in Hell hereafter, Oh! that we have destroyed our selves!
And besides, Oh the extream vexation that there will be in mens spirits, when they shall be convinc'd of this, 1when the Lord shall present to them all the means they have had, and all the mercies they have enjoyed, so that their consciences shall fly in their faces and tel them, Oh you may thank your selves for this, it was that wretched heart of thine that thou hast so talk'd of, I told you of this before, Oh! that pride, and that hypocrisie, and that Self seeking, and that falsness of thine hath brought thee to all this. Oh this will be an eternal vexation, it will be the matter for the worm to gnaw upon in Hell hereafter, Oh! that we have destroyed our selves!
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And besides, God will revenge this upon men: for no man hath the power over himself; thou destroyest one 1of Gods creatures in being a self-murderer, thou shalt be punished for destroying thy self. Because they have not the dispose of themselves, they are Gods Creatures; And here it is a greater sin for a man to murder, Himself, than his Father or Mother. It was a Speech of Austin that way,