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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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They called them to the most high, that they might come to have this high God to be theirs, to enjoy him to 1be their portion; thus the Prophets called them to the most high. Whereas their hearts were drossy, and low, and base, they minded only the satisfying of their flesh, and having their wills one upon another, their hearts hung down to their devised worship, though the thing it was suitable to their public ends, and it was great wisdom for them so to do, yet God would not own that, but did despise that worship of theirs that they thought to honour him withal, and the Prophets therefore called them from these base, drossy things, called them to the most high God. The Note of Observation.
They called them to the most high, that they might come to have this high God to be theirs, to enjoy him to 1be their portion; thus the Prophets call'd them to the most high. Whereas their hearts were d•ossie, and low, and base, they minded only the satisfying of their flesh, and having their wills one upon another, their hearts hung down to their devised worship, though the thing it was sutable to their publick ends, and it was great wisdom for them so to do, yet God would not own that, but did dispise that worship of theirs that they thought to honor him withal, and the Prophets therefore called them from these base, drossie things, called them to the most high God. The Note of Observation.
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First, Mens hearts they sink down to low and mean things naturally; unworthy of their souls, unworthy of that 1excellent nature that they are endued withal: men indeed have swelling hearts in their base sinful way, but this is their disease (this swelling) I say the heart of man wants a true elevating principle, the knowledge of the most high would raise them up higher than their pride