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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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Fifthly, God so loved his people, as he hath given himself 1too, as well as his Son. Not only given the Second Person in Trinity, but Himself. He doth not think enough to give Heaven and Earth to thee to be thy Portion, but he will make Himself to be thy portion, he will be thy God. You would think it a great matter if God should say, Well, all this world I will give to be thy portion; 2yea, that I might give a testimony that I love thee, I will make another world for thy sake, and make thee the Emperor of it all; but in that God hath given thee his Son, and given thee Himself, this is a greater degree of Love; and the soul of man, were it enlarged indeed so ⟨p. 81⟩as it might be, yea, so as grace doth enlarge the hearts of the Saints, such a soul would say, Lord, what will thou give me, if thou givest me not thy Son, if thou givest me not thy Self? though I be less than the least of thy mercies, yet except I have thy self to be my portion, this is not sufficient for me. Well saith God, That thou mayest know that my heart is set upon thee for good, I'll give thee my Son, I'll give thee my self and my Spirit. Oh! what love is this to the children of men, that ever we should live to have our ears filled with this sound from Heaven, that God should do such things as these are for the children of men!
Fifthly, God so loved his people, as he hath given himself 1too, as well as his Son. Not only given the Second Person in Trinity, but Himself. He doth not think enough to give Heaven and Earth to thee to be thy Portion, but he will make Himself to be thy portion, he will be thy God. You would think it a great matter if God should say, Well, all this world I will give to be thy portion; 2yea, that I might give a testimony that I love thee, I will make another world for thy sake, and make thee the Emperor of it all; but in that God hath given thee his Son, and given thee Himself, this is a greater degree of Love; and the soul of man, were it enlarged indeed so ⟨p. 81⟩