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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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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.
- 1Obs. 12.
And yet further, hence observe, The difference between 1the day of patience, and the times of wrath: for the sakes of those that were godly here, Gods patience speaks thus towards the body of the People, and so was patient and long-suffering towards them. There is a time that God wile laugh at the destruction of sinners, and he will mock when their fear cometh, when he will execute his wrath, and be comforted as the Scripture speaks: There is a time indeed when God saith, How shall I give them up? but there is another time wherein God doth give forth the wine of his wrath, The Wine, it doth delight the Lord as Wine doth unto a man, when indignation shall 2be as Wine to God, then mercy and patience shall hold their peace, for they have then their glory already, they will never speak more, but turn over the sinner unto Justice, yea, pleads unto Justice against the sinner.
- 1Obs. 13.
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