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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 10: VER. 10.
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Fourthly, It is like they had some oppressions upon them 1even from the former Judges; though most of them were good, yet certainly there cannot be a Government of Men but there will be some cause at one time or other for some to complain: Take the best Government that can be in the 2world, yet seeing it is a Government of men, by men, there will be some cause or other to complain at some time or other. Now this is the peevishness of mens hearts, that if there be but any condition wherein they suffer, they do nothing but complain of their suffering, and therefore would fain have a new way; and never think of the inconveniences and sufferings that would come in by that new way; ⟨p. 532⟩Oh! they would be rid of these that now they were under, and would have a King, these men angered them, these men laid some taxes upon them that they were not pleased withal, now so be it they might be rid of them, they cared not what they bring upon themselves, and therefore they would have a King, not minding what sufferings they should bring upon themselves in another kind.
Fourthly, It is like they had some oppressions upon them 1even from the former Judges; though most of them were good, yet certainly there cannot be a Government of Men but there wil be some cause at one time or other for some to complain: Take the best Government that can be in the 2world, yet seeing it is a Government of men, by men, there will be some cause or other to complain at some time or other. Now this is the peevishness of mens hearts, that if there be but any condition wherein they suffer, they do nothing but complain of their suffering, and therefore would fain have a new way; and never think of the inconveniences and sufferings that would come in by that new way; ⟨p. 532⟩Oh! they would be rid of these that now they were under, and would have a King, these men angred them, these men laid some taxes upon them that they were not pleas'd withal, now so be it they might be rid of them, they car'd not what they bring upon themselves, and therefore they would have a King, not minding what sufferings they should bring upon themselves in another kind.