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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 9: VER. 9.
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 is this that which doth aggravate thy sin in thy 1heart? does this work upon thy heart most, that thou canst appeal to God, that of all the considerations of sin that ever thou haddest in thy life, there is nothing grieves thee so much, as that it is against God? Because God is so glorious, so infinitely worthy of honour from all his creatures; be of good comfort, and take encouragement from this point, and mark what I am saying, and with that I shall close all.
And is this that which doth aggravate thy sin in thy 1heart? does this work upon thy heart most, that thou canst appeal to God, that of all the considerations of sin that ever thou hadest in thy life, there is nothing grieves thee so much, as that it is against God? Because God is so glorious, so infinitely worthy of honor from all his creatures; be of good comfort, and take encouragement from this point, and mark what I am saying, and with that I shall close all.
- 1Answ.
If the consideration of the glory of God above a man doth thus aggravate thy sin to thy humiliation, then it will aggravate the mercy of God to thy consolation as well; If thou workest this thought upon thy heart, Oh my sin is against a God and not a man, and therefore my heart is humbled, then the Lord would have thee to make use of the consideration of his glory as a God for thy comfort; God is a God, and not a man, in the way of mercy. The Holy one in the midst of thee.
If the confideration of the glory of God above a man doth thus aggravate thy sin to thy humiliation, then it will aggravate the mercy of God to thy consolation as well; If thou workest this thought upon thy heart, Oh my sin is against a God and not a man, and therefore my heart is humbled, then the Lord would have thee to make use of the consideration of his glory as a God for thy comfort; God is a God, and not a man, in the way of mercy. The Holy one in the midst of thee.