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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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And further, from this it must needs be, that the Lord 1must delight in Communion with his Saints: and indeed God doth all this for his Saints, puts the Divine Nature into them, and the Life of God, and sets so much Love upon them; why? that he might have a people to enjoy everlasting Communion with him; saith God, I would fain have some Creatures that might live with me, 2to enjoy communion with me, that might live to see my face, and see all the Glory that I intend to manifest to all eternity: Oh blessed God! hast not thou the Angels that are with thee to enjoy thy Glory, to have communion with thee? no saith God, but I would have these poor creatures that are so low and mean in the world, I would have them to be raised up to enjoy communion with my self; this is the end of Gods bestowing any Grace upon his Saints, it is that he might raise them to enjoy communion with him, and to delight in him, and he to delight in them, that he might have creatures to communicate the treasures of his goodness too, and that thou mightest communicate what thou art able to him. Surely Christ doth not account himself to be full without his Saints; and therefore you find in Ephes. 1. 23. that 3the Church is called, the Fullness of Jesus Christ, and therefore he prays, Father, let them be where I am, I shall not account my self so full except they be with me, and see my Glory. Oh the Love of Jesus Christ to his Saints!
And further, from this it must needs be, that the Lord 1must delight in Communion with his Saints: and indeed God doth all this for his Saints, puts the Divine Nature into them, and the Life of God, and sets so much Love upon them; why? that he might have a people to enjoy everlasting Communion with him; saith God, I would fain have some Creatures that might live with me, 2to enjoy communion with me, that might live to see my face, and see all the Glory that I intend to manifest to all eternity: Oh blessed God! hast not thou the Angels that are with thee to enjoy thy Glory, to have communion with thee? no saith God, but I would have these poor creatures that are so low and mean in the world, I would have them to be raised up to enjoy communion with my self; this is the end of Gods bestowing any Grace upon his Saints, it is that he might raise them to enjoy communion with him, and to delight in him, and he to delight in them, that he might have creatures to communicate the treasures of his goodness too, and that thou mightest communicate what thou art able to him. Surely Christ doth not account himself to be full without his Saints; and therefore you find in