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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 12 › Verse 2: VER. 2.
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Thirdly, The Lord hath a Controversy with Judah, he doth express himself thus, that Israel might neither think 1God or the Prophet partial. The ten Tribes might say, Doth God threaten us? Is not Judah as bad as we? are there not evils among Judah as well as us? are we only the sinful people? No (saith the Prophet) I acknowledge there's much evil in Judah, and therefore the Lord hath a Controversy against Judah too, and Judah is not like to escape, and let not this satisfy you, that because others are bad, therefore you may escape; no, they are bad, and God hath a Controversy against them. And this may be an useful Note to us, men are very ready to put off the evils that they are guilty of with this, I am not worse than others, I do such a thing amiss, and others do such a thing amiss as well as I, and so they think to escape that way. Oh! thou weak man, thou vain man, why wilt thou deceive thy soul with this? Doest thou ⟨p. 215⟩think that another mans evil may be an excuse to thy evil? Thou art a vain man and knowest not the way of God.
Thirdly, The Lord hath a Controversie with Judah, he doth express himself thus, that Israel might neither think 1God or the Prophet partial. The ten Tribes might say, Doth God threaten us? Is not Judah as bad as we? are there not evils among Judah as well as us? are we only the sinful people? No (saith the Prophet) I acknowledg there's much evil in Judah, and therefore the Lord hath a Controversie against Judah too, and Judah is not like to escape, and let not this satisfie you, that because others are bad, therefore you may escape; no, they are bad, and God hath a Controversie against them. And this may be an useful Note to us, men are very ready to put off the evils that they are guilty of with this, I am not worse than others, I do such a thing amiss, and others do such a thing amiss as well as I, and so they think to escape that way. Oh! thou weak man, thou vain man, why wilt thou deceive thy soul with this? Doest thou ⟨p. 215⟩think that another mans evil may be an excuse to thy evil? Thou art a vain man and knowest not the way of God.