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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 8: VER. 8.
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That the State of the Saints that walk close with God must needs be very secure; If the Lord deals thus with rebellious 1Sons, what will he do with a Son that serves him, that walks close with him? though a Son very vile, very sinful, yet there is a how shall I give thee up? Oh then, thou ⟨p. 155⟩whose conscience witnesses of thy sincere endeavour in walking close with God continually, know that thy estate must needs be secure.
That the State of the Saints that walk close with God must needs be very secure; If the Lord deals thus with rebellious 1Sons, what will he do with a Son that serves him, that walks close with him? though a Son very vile, very sinful, yet there is a how shall I give thee up? Oh then, thou ⟨p. 155⟩whose conscience witnesses of thy sincere endeavor in walking close with God continually, know that thy estate must needs be secure.
- 1Obs. 11.
Yea further, if this be so, Surely whensoever God delivers 1up his own people to any judgments, there's some great matter in it; some great matter in it, for never doth any affliction come unto them, but it breaks through many reasonings of Gods heart, God intends some great matter; Doth judgment begin at the house of God? It is because the Lord hath some great intents to bring forth, it is not because the Lord takes pleasure in the moans of his people, in the sorrows and sufferings of his Servants, but it is because he intends some great things; for certainly these bowels of compassion would not let such sore and grievous evils pass, if there were not some great ends and purposes of God to bring about.