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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.
It's the glory of many men to destroy, to do mischief; 1but it's the glory of God to be an helper.
- 1Use 1.
Saith Luther upon the place, I desire to defend thee, to 1preserve thee, this indeed is to be a God saith he: To be an helper, God glories in this, that he is a God for this end, to be an helper. Oh that we could account it our glory, to be helpful unto others.
- 1Cupio te detendere, te servare, hoc verè esse, Deum esse. Luth. in loc.
Let us also look upon God in this his Glory, and make ⟨p. 502⟩1him the Object of our Faith in times of distress, let us not lie vexing and fretting under our misery, b[…] •ift up our eyes to God that is the helper, let no want of means, no unworthiness in us cause our hearts to sink, those despairing temptations that saith to us, There is no help in God, they are very sinful at any time, let the condition be never so bad.
Let us also look upon God in this his Glory, and make ⟨p. 502⟩