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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 10: VER. 10.
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And then Fifthly, A King they would have out of a spirit of opposition against that way that God had set; God 1was in a way of governing of them, and their hearts was against that way of God, a mere spirit of opposition, though they would give no reason why they might not be as well that way as another: but it was Gods way, And there is an opposition in the heart of man to any thing that 2hath God in it; the more any thing hath of God in it, and the more God rules in a way, the more opposite are the hearts of evil men.
And then Fifthly, A King they would have out of a spirit of opposition against that way that God had set; God 1was in a way of governing of them, and their hearts was against that way of God, a meer spirit of opposition, though they would give no reason why they might not be as well that way as another: but it was Gods way, And there is an opposition in the heart of man to any thing that 2hath God in it; the more any thing hath of God in it, and the more God rules in a way, the more opposite are the hearts of evil men.
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And then a Sixth Reason is this, They had some hopes that they should have some more liberty for their lusts. Now 1having such a way of Government as they had there was more inspection over them, and they could not so easily corrupt them, but now in the Government of one man over them, if they can but make a friend to him they may do what they list, they might brave it over all their other neighbours, if they would be but willing to be a slave to him, they might make all their neighbours slaves to them, they had a great deal more hopes of liberty for their lusts it's like this way than the other.