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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.
And then sometimes the reason of contradiction, it is, 1because men do not speak from their own knowledge, but they are ready to speak from others, and are so confident in others; whomsoever men love, when they see men to be of their side and way, they are very confident in their reports, and so speak it, not from being Eye-witnesses themselves, and so they may come to contradict one another, and not go against their own consciences: Reports are cross one to another; and this is the evil indeed of giving credit to reports, and of running away too suddenly with them; But though it be an evil in men, yet it comes not from this, of speaking against their consciences.
And then sometimes the reason of contradiction, it is, 1because men do not speak from their own knowledg, but they are ready to speak from others, and are so confident in others; whomsoever men love, when they see men to be of their side and way, they are very confident in their rports, and so speak it, not from being Eye-witnesses themselves, and so they may come to contradict one another, and not go against their own consciences: Reports are cross one to another; and this is the evil indeed of giving credit to reports, and of running away too suddenly with them; But though it be an evil in men, yet it comes not from this, of speaking against their consciences.
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And then a Third cause it may come from this, That when men report, they do not report all; Reports are 1cross one to another, yea, but did you hear all, or do you report all? It's a great matter when a man will take one piece of a thing and make a report of it, and not all; another man may come and report the quite contrary, whereas if all were brought together there might appear some agreement, and perhaps they would be both of the same mind if the whole series of the thing were laid before them; bring things to the Original and then you see how they agree; as now, sometimes in Scripture, there are divers readings, yea, but now by the bringing divers