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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.
Oh! you that profess Religion, labour you to be eminent in this; in Courteousness, in Gentleness, in Humanity, 1know, that Grace though it doth elevate above Humanity, to Christianity, yet it doth not take away Humanity. No, it raises it higher; and therefore seeing there is something left in mans nature of Gentleness, and Fairness, surely those that have Grace, and have a principle to curb corruption, they should have much Gentleness, and Fairness with them.
Oh! you that profess Religion, labor you to be eminent in this; in Courteousness, in Gentleness, in Humanity, 1know, that Grace though it doth elevate above Humanity, to Christianity, yet it doth not take away Humanity. No, it raises it higher; and therefore seeing there is something left in mans nature of Gentleness, and Fairness, surely those that have Grace, and have a principle to curb corruption, they should have much Gentleness, and Fairness with them.
- 1Use 1. Saints should be eminent in courtesy.Use 1. Saints should be eminent in courtesie.
Secondly, Seeing that these are the Cords of men [Gentleness] 1we should use them to draw those on to goodness that we do desire. Ministers, Parents, Governors, Neighbours, observe the dispositions of those you have to deal with, sure your selves to them, labour to gain their hearts that way if possibly you can, that they may have good thoughts of the ways of Godliness, do not put them on by bitterness and sourness. Did not God gain upon your 2hearts in a gentle way? however, if God did come in a harsh way to your apprehensions at first, yet know, there is no such distance between you and your neighbours, those that are under you, your children, or servants, as there is between God and you; therefore it is for you to deal with your fellow Creatures in a gentle, fair way. If a Hunter would get his Game, he doth not make a houting and noise, but he goeth gently without any noise: