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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 1: VERS. 1.
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But Secondly, It's a great aggravation unto sin, to sin against love. For to that end God here shows that he loved 1them, that he might aggravate their sin so much the more, and clear himself. Many times you make in the days of your humiliation, and at other times, many aggravations of your sin, that your sin it is against knowledge; this is great; That your sin it is of an heinous nature, that it doth a great deal of hurt, that it brings you under dreadful threatenings, that it provokes the wrath of an infinite God against you; these are great things for the humbling of your hearts for sin. But above all aggravations for sin, this is the great aggravation, That your sin is against Love, that though God hath shown much love to you, yet you sin against a loving God, and a gracious God. God begins with this aggravation, being his scope here to clear himself, and to charge his people of ungratefulness, yet God loved them. Oh! sins against love are great sins indeed.
But Secondly, It's a great aggravation unto sin, to sin against love. For to that end God here shews that he loved 1them, that he might aggravate their sin so much the more, and cleer himself. Many times you make in the daies of your humiliation, and at other times, many aggravations of your sin, that your sin it is against knowledge; this is great; That your sin it is of an hainous nature, that it doth a great deal of hurt, that it brings you under dreadful threatnings, that it provokes the wrath of an infinite God against you; these are great things for the humbling of your hearts for sin. But above all aggrevations for sin, this is the great aggravation, That your sin is against Love, that though God hath shown much love to you, yet you sin against a loving God, and a gracious God. God begins with this aggravation, being his scope here to cleer himself, and to charge his people of ungratefulness, yet God loved them. Oh! sins against love are great sins indeed.
- 1Obs. 2.