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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 12 › Verse 1: VER. 1.
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.
They feed upon the wind, and so their hearts come to 1be puffed up, to be filled with pride by such food; you know according to the food of a man or woman, so will the body be; so those that feed upon wind must needs have puffed-up hearts, proud hearts, puffed up with conceitedness of themselves, and contempt of others that are not in the way that themselves are in, they lie sucking of imaginary content and sweetness in their own ways, they are full of themselves, wheresoever they come they must needs vent themselves, they are so full of their wind, they feed upon the wind, yet one prick of disappointment will quickly let out all the wind from such bladders, they are quickly amort and dead in the nest if they be disappointed.
They feed upon the wind, and so their hearts come to 1be puft up, to be filled with pride by such food; you know according to the food of a man or woman, so will the body be; so those that feed upon wind must needs have puft-up hearts, proud hearts, puft up with conceitedness of themselves, and contempt of others that are not in the way that themselves are in, they lie sucking of imaginary content and sweetness in their own waies, they are full of themselves, wheresoever they come they must needs vent themselves, they are so ful of their wind, they feed upon the wind, yet one prick of disapointment wil quickly let out all the wind from such bladders, they are quickly amort and dead in the nest if they be disappointed.
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Evil men that live upon comforts, that are carnal in 1any creature, upon the applause of men, upon honours, they likewise feed upon the wind and are puffed up for a while, but any prick of Gods appearing against them lets out the windy stuff and quickly they are dead; any member of the body that is puffed up with wind it seems to be greater than any other part, but it is not stronger, no, it is the weaker for being puffed up with wind: And so it