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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 3: VER. 3.
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Now from hence observe, That he did prevail with his strength. That when God strives against his servants he 1gives them strength answerable to his striving. Here Jacob, was in great extremity, and God comes and wrestles against him, but God gives him strength proportionable to his wrestling; Oh! take this for thy comfort and encouragement, Many times thou art ready to reason thus, Alas, I am not able to lie under a little affliction, what shall I do if I meet with a greater affliction? certainly then I should sink. Oh! be not discouraged with such unbelieving thoughts, for though thou beest weak, and it is as much as ever thou canst do to stand under the burden that there is upon thee, now, it may be there may be greater burdens, but then there may be greater strength; there was answerable strength put into Jacob to wrestle with those difficulties he was called unto: He will not suffer us to be tempted beyond our strength. And then,
Now from hence observe, That he did prevail with his strength. That when God strives against his servants he 1gives them strength answerable to his striving. Here Jacob, was in great extremity, and God comes and wrastles against him, but God gives him strength proportionable to his wrastling; Oh! take this for thy comfort and encouragement, Many times thou art ready to reason thus, Alas, I am not able to lie under a little affliction, what shall I do if I meet with a greater affliction? certainly then I should sink. Oh! be not discouraged with such unbeleeving thoughts, for though thou beest weak, and it is as much as ever thou canst do to stand under the burden that there is upon thee, now, it may be there may be greater burdens, but then there may be greater strength; there was answerable strength put into Jacob to wrastle with those difficulties he was call'd unto: He will not suffer us to be tempted beyond our strength. And then,
- 1Obs. 1.