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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 11 › Verse 4: VERS. 4.
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.
Sixthly, Whensoever they began to return, I met them half 1way; I did not stand it out to the uttermost to discourage their hearts, but I met them half way in all their returnings. And did not God deal honourably with them? Indeed if you would deal in a contemptuous way with another that hath offended, you will say, Let them wait; yea, but if we will deal with another in an honourable 2way, if we see him but in coming a far off, we will run and meet him, as the father of the prodigal did; so saith God, I did not deal with them in a contemptuous way, but I drew them with the cords of a man, and in an honourable way I dealt with them. Thus you have this expression opened, I drew them with the cords of a man.
Sixtly, Whensoever they began to return, I met them half 1way; I did not stand it out to the uttermost to discourage their hearts, but I met them half way in all their returnings. And did not God deal honorably with them? Indeed if you would deal in a contemptuous way with another that hath offended, you will say, Let them wait; yea, but if we will deal with another in an honorable 2way, if we see him but in coming a far off, we will run and meet him, as the father of the prodigal did; so saith God, I did not deal with them in a contemptuous way, but I drew them with the cords of a man, and in an honorable way I dealt with them. Thus you have this expression opened, I drew them with the cords of a man.
- 16. Met them half way.
- 2Simile.
Now there are divers Observations from hence: