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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 11: VER. 11.
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And now my Brethren, though this part for the practical part of it is the chief: I confess I have not yet come upon that that is held forth in the very words, and that is about giving of Governors in his wrath; I only have spoken to the Point hitherto, as it concerns the giving of our desires whatsoever it be: But now for the particulars, as the specification of their desires, That God had given them a King in his wrath. That I confess is a point that I think there may be much of the mind of God known in it, and a point that will require some time in opening it. And it will be hard to speak of such a point as this is without very great deliberation, and to have full scope when at any time I speak of it; and therefore I do not intend at this time to meddle with this point of Gods giving Kings in wrath, I shall rather defer it to the next day. Only one Note further, and that's this;
And now my Brethren, though this part for the practical part of it is the chief: I confess I have not yet come upon that that is held forth in the verie words, and that is about giving of Governors in his wrath; I only have spoken to the Point hitherto, as it concerns the giving of our desires whatsoever it be: But now for the particulars, as the specification of their desires, That God had given them a King in his wrath. That I confess is a point that I think there may be much of the mind of God known in it, and a point that will require some time in opening it. And it will be hard to speak of such a point as this is without very great deliberation, and to have full scope when at any time I speak of it; and therefore I do not intend at this time to meddle with this point of Gods giving Kings in wrath, I shall rather defer it to the next day. Only one Note further, and that's this;
A hint of a meditation upon Gods giving our desires in his wrath; when men by the violence and strength of their spirits do get their desires from God though in wrath, it hath hinted to me this Meditation which may be of very great use to you.