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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 then further, This Love it sweetens and sanctifies all 1for good; thou mayest see Love in every thing, now though thou hast less of the creature than others have, yet thou hast it out of Love; when thou comest home it may be thou hast not so much as others have, perhaps but a piece of bread and small drink; yea, but I have it out of Love: look upon all thy mercies, and thou mayest see the eternal Love of God to thee in them. They are all sanctified to me for the furtherance of eternal good, the Lord from all eternity did see that such a kind of life was 2the best for me to further the eternal good he intended for me, and therefore he hath disposed of me to this condition rather than another condition. Oh! how sweet may the life of a man or woman be when as they can reason after this manner, Well, this condition that now I am in, the Lord from eternity saw the fittest condition to work my heart to himself, and therefore it is that I am in this estate rather than another. And then Love; thou findest daily by experience, how hath the Lord helped thee in thy straights, and heard thee in thy prayers, and answered thy desires. This I told you in the opening of the text was a fruit of Love to the people of Israel, and so it hath been with thee.
And then further, This Love it sweetens and sanctifies all 1for good; thou maiest see Love in every thing, now though thou hast less of the creature than others have, yet thou hast it out of Love; when thou comest home it may be thou hast not so much as others have, perhaps but a piece of bread and smal drink; yea, but I have it out of Love: look upon all thy mercies, and thou mayest see the eternal Love of God to thee in them. They are all sanctified to me for the furtherance of eternal good, the Lord from all eternity did see that such a kind of life was 2the best for me to further the eternal good he intended for me, and therefore he hath disposed of me to this condition rather than another condition. Oh! how sweet may the life of a man or woman be when as they can reason after this manner, Well, this condition that now I am in, the Lord from eternity saw the fittest condition to work my heart to himself, and therefore it is that I am in this estate rather than another. And then Love; thou findest daily by experience, how hath the Lord helped thee in thy straights, and heard thee in thy prayers, and answered thy desires. This I told you in the opening of the text was a fruit of Love to the people of Israel, and so it hath been with thee.