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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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Th[…]ay therefore to gain the hearts of men, it is by ⟨p. 70⟩love. And we should the rather do it, because it is the great design of God in the Gospel, To manifest his love 1to the Children of men, he hath opened his heart, and the treasures of love in the Gospel; What is the Gospel but the treasures of the love of God opened? those eternal loving kindness, of God towards mankind they are opened in the Gospel; and no Minister can be a faithful Minister of the Gospel, but those that shall endeavour to open the heart love of God to the children of men in Jesus Christ, and go to gain souls unto himself; Oh! 'tis a pleasant work to be a Minister of the Gospel in this respect, to be always searching into the treasures of Love, and to make them known to souls for the gaining of them unto God.
Th〈…〉ay therefore to gain the hearts of men, it is by ⟨p. 70⟩love. And we should the rather do it, because it is the great design of God in the Gospel, To manifest his love 1to the Children of men, he hath opened his heart, and the treasures of love in the Gospel; What is the Gospel but the treasures of the love of God opened? those eternal loving kindnesse, of God towards mankind they are opened in the Gospel; and no Minister can be a faithful Minister of the Gospel, but those that shall endeavor to open the heart love of God to the children of men in Jesus Christ, and go to gain souls unto himself; Oh! 'tis a pleasant work to be a Minister of the Gospel in this respect, to be alwaies searching into the treasures of Love, and to make them known to souls for the gaining of them unto God.
- 1Gods great design in the Gospel.