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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 11 › Verse 7: VER. 7.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
God hath little honour in the world; men seek to exalt 1themselves, but none to exalt God; every man follows his own way, his own lusts, but the blessed and glorious God is exalted by few, or none. Men will appear to lift up Antichrist, to exalt him; the Kings of the Earth they will give their power to the Beast, but none will exalt the Lord. Oh! let this grieve the hearts of the Saints, to see that the blessed God, so blessed in their eyes should be exalted by so few.
God hath little honor in the world; men seek to exalt 1themselves, but none to exalt God; every man follows his own way, his own lusts, but the blessed and glorious God is exalted by few, or none. Men will appear to lift up Antichrist, to exalt him; the Kings of the Earth they will give their power to the Beast, but none will exalt the Lord. Oh! let this grieve the hearts of the Saints, to see that the blessed God, so blessed in their eyes should be exalted by so few.
- 1Obs. God hath little honour in the world.Obs. God hath little honor in the world.
And consider, every one of you, how little he hath 1been exalted by you in all your ways. And why should you vex and fret that you have not honour and respect, when as the blessed God who is so infinitely worthy of honour and glory, yet none (almost) respects Him. Well, let this be the Meditation from it; The less glory I see God have from the children of men, the more let me labour to honour him.
And consider, every one of you, how little he hath 1