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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 8: VER. 8.
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.
And then Thirdly, My heart turned within me; we 1must not cast out wholly the sense that's given of it; Turned in respect of the revoking of the sentence.
And then Thirdly, My heart turned within me; we 1must not cast out wholly the sence that's given of it; Turned in respect of the revoking of the sentence.
- 1Obs. 3.
The Note is: When we have resolutions, strong resolutions to that that's evil, let us not think it too much to have our hearts turned, to recall our thoughts, and our determinations, and our strong inclinations: Many times men have strong resolutions to a thing, and they see arguments that might turn them, but only this, They have resolved, and they are loth to change their thoughts and resolutions: Oh! take heed of this, for God expresses himself after the manner of men, there have been many times strong resolutions to have destroyed thee eternally, but the Lord doth that which man would do when he changes his resolutions, though there be no change in Gods Nature; and he would by expressing himself after this manner to us, hold forth this Note, That we should take heed we stand not upon our resolutions when there are arguments to the contrary, but be willing to have it known that now we are otherwise than before we were. ⟨p. 162⟩My repentings are kindled together.
Surely God repents not as man doth. But you know the answer of Divines; viz. That his administrations are such as if he did repent: But the word here translated Repenting, comes from