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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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First, That which men enjoy with God, though it be but a little, it is better than to enjoy much, and not with God; as 1thus; The Kingdom of Judah was but small in respect of the Kingdom of Israel; yea, but Judah rules with God: To have a little with God, it's a great deal better than to have a great deal without God. As here in a Kingdom, 2so in an Estate, Hast thou a little Estate, yea, but hast thou it with God? Oh! it's a great deal better than to have a great Estate? and have much guiltiness with it, and not to have it with God; Israel maintained their Rule by shifts, and that's a great evil; Though thou hast thy desires, yet if thou gettest them, and doest maintain them by shifting courses, that's a sore and a great evil, thou 3canst have little comfort in the enjoyment of thy desires; for this is the meaning of the Prophet, as if he should say, Israel rules, but how did they get and maintain their rule? it was in false, sinful ways: It may be thou hast thy will over thy brother, yea, but thou hast it in a sinful way, thou blessest thy self in that thou hast thy will, but thou hast little cause if thou knewest all. Israel did not rule with God.
First, That which men enjoy with God, though it be but a little, it is better than to enjoy much, and not with God; as 1thus; The Kindom of Judah was but smal in respect of the Kindom of Israel; yea, but Judah rules with God: To have a little with God, it's a great deal better than to have a great deal without God. As here in a Kingdom, 2so in an Estate, Hast thou a little Estate, yea, but hast thou it with God? Oh! it's a great deal better than to have a great Estate? and have much guiltiness with it, and not to have it with God; Israel maintained their Rule by shifts, and that's a great evil; Though thou hast thy desires, yet if thou gettest them, and doest maintain them by shifting courses, that's a sore and a great evil, thou 3canst have little comfort in the enjoyment of thy desires; for this is the meaning of the Prophet, as if he should say, Israel rules, but how did they get and maintain their rule? it was in false, sinful waies: It may be thou hast thy will over thy brother, yea, but thou hast it in a sinful way, thou blessest thy self in that thou hast thy will, but thou hast little cause if thou knewest all. Israel did not rule with God.