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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 12: VER. 12.
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That we should be more severe to those that are nearest to us 1when they dishonour God, than to others that we have not so much to do withal; as now; A Minister he is not so much to inveigh 2against those that God hath not set him over, that doth not belong to his charge, but if there be any evil in those that belongs to his charge there he should deal more plainly; and so for others, you are not so much to meddle with other men that do not concern you, as 3with your own family, those that are under your charge. It's true, we should not see God dishonoured, but we should 4some way or other (as God calls us to it) testify for him; but the main thing that we should look to, it is, To those that are under our charge; many are very indulgent towards those that are under their charge, and very busy and bitter against others.
That we should be more severe to those that are neerest to us 1when they dishonor God, than to others that we have not so much to do withal; as now; A Minister he is not so much to enveigh 2against those that God hath not set him over, that doth not belong to his charge, but if there be any evil in those that belongs to his charge there he should deal more plainly; and so for others, you are not so much to meddle with other men that do not concern you, as 3with your own familie, those that are under your charge. It's true, we should not see God dishonored, but we should 4some way or other (as God calls us to it) testifie for him; but the main thing that we should look to, it is, To those that are under our charge; many are very indulgent towards those that are under their charge, and very busie and bitter against others.