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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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And then for our selves in particular, It's very good for 1us to look back unto his ancient love: That is, Now God hath loved some of you from your child-hood, how the providence of God did work towards you then; Some of you (I suppose) in this place may say, that God loved you when you were children, when I was a child I had such and such expressions of Gods love towards me, It was love that I was born of Christian Parents, and that I was brought up in Christian education, That I was delivered from such and such dangers, yea (it may be) God began to reveal himself to me betimes. And if you would call to mind all the loving passages of Gods providence since you were children, you might have matter of meditation sufficient. There's many of you that complain you cannot find matter for meditation: I'll give you a rule to help you in meditation at any time, it's this, When you 2cannot meditate of other things but you are presently be wildered and know not whither to go, then turn your selves to this meditation, To think of all the gracious passages of Gods providence towards you ever since you were children, and this the weakest may be able to go along in. And that's the third Note of Observation.
And then for our selves in particular, It's very good for 1us to look back unto his ancient love: That is, Now God hath loved some of you from your child-hood, how the providence of God did work towards you then; Some of you (I suppose) in this place may say, that God loved you when you were children, when I was a child I had such and such expressions of Gods love towards me, It was love that I was born of Christian Parents, and that I was brought up in Christian education, That I was delivered from such and such dangers, yea (it may be) God began to reveal himself to me betimes. And if you would call to mind all the loving passages of Gods providence since you were children, you might have matter of meditation sufficient. There's many of you that complain you cannot find matter for meditation: I'le give you a rule to help you in meditation at any time, it's this, When you 2cannot meditate of other things but you are presently be wildered and know not whither to go, then turn your selves to this meditation, To think of all the gracious passages of Gods providence towards you ever since you were children, and this the weakest may be able to go along in. And that's the third Note of Observation.