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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 7: VER. 7.
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And then Thirdly, Take this Meditation, When thou art about matters of infinite consequence (as now thou art) certainly, the safest way is the best way; 'tis not enough for thee to say, it is necessary, and why must I do thus and thus? and what need it? and may not I do well enough without it? But when thou art reasoning about matters that concern Eternity, though thou canst not ⟨p. 124⟩fully satisfy thy self in this, or the other way, yet to take the safest way is the best way, and that thou art upon the safest way, it's enough to countervail what ever trouble thou meetest withal; Though it should not be absolutely necessary that thou shouldest take such a course in such a particular, yet if thy conscience doth but dictate to thee, that this way is safer than the other; it's the best way to go the safest way.
And then Thirdly, Take this Meditation, When thou art about matters of infinite consequence (as now thou art) certainly, the safest way is the best way; 'tis not enough for thee to say, it is necessary, and why must I do thus and thus? and what need it? and may not I do wel enough without it? But when thou art reasoning about matters that concern Eternitie, though thou canst not ⟨p. 124⟩fully satisfie thy self in this, or the other way, yet to take the safest way is the best way, and that thou art upon the safest way, it's enough to countervail what ever trouble thou meetest withal; Though it should not be absolutely necessary that thou shouldest take such a course in such a particular, yet if thy conscience doth but dictate to thee, that this way is safer than the other; it's the best way to go the safest way.
And the Fourth Meditation is this, That there is more evil in the least sin, than there can be good in whatsoever all the Creatures in the world can tender to thee Resolve upon this: this is a certain principle that cannot be denied: There is more evil in the least sin, than there can be good in all that all the Creatures in the world can tender to thee.