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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.
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Thirdly, From hence it is a great aggravation of sin, That we stand out against gentle means, the fair glosses of temptation they take our hearts. As now, if you can bring gifts to a man you can quickly blind his eyes: we 1have found these cords of men, we have found that mans nature loves gifts, and those in the place of Justice if they have bribes and gifts brought them; Oh! those are the Cords of men, those are suitable to their natures indeed. Now God doth thus (as I may so speak) bring gifts, but if God shall not prevail with his gifts, this will be a great aggravation of your sin.2
Thirdly, From hence it is a great aggravation of sin, That we stand out against gentle means, the fair glosses of temptation they take our hearts. As now, if you can bring gifts to a man you can quickly blind his eyes: we 1have found these cords of men, we have found that mans nature loves gifts, and those in the place of Justice if they have bribes and gifts brought them; Oh! those are the Cords of men, those are sutable to their natures indeed. Now God doth thus (as I may so speak) bring gifts, but if God shall not prevail with his gifts, this will be a great aggravation of your sin.2
- 1Evidenced.
- 23 How God deals honourably with men Obs. 1 Preserve the honour of our inferiors, Yea, though the faults be great.3 How God deals honorably with men Obs. 1 Preserve the honor of our inferiors, Yea, though the faults be great.
And then the Third and last is, The honourable respect that is showed unto men. The Observations are these.