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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 4: VER. 4.
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And on the other side, there were thoughts would make him weep too, The thoughts of his Misery, and the reasoning of his Faith, when he considered; I, but surely I am in the way of God though I be in a great deal of danger, I have the Promise of God, I have his Covenant with me, I have to deal with the Holy, Blessed and Gracious God in all my ways, Who knows but that my extremity may be Gods opportunity? The heart of my brother it is certainly in the hand of God, and all Creatures are in Gods hands too: Now the actings of Faith would make one to weep aswell as of Fear and Trouble, and it were well if we could weep on both sides: Sometimes you roll in your thoughts all the aggravations of your afflictions, and they make you weep: Now can you roll in your thoughts the aggravations of Gods Goodness and Mercy, and can that make you weep? The end why God brought Jacob into this condition, to fall a weeping before the Angel, it was, That he might humble him, and break his heart before he gives him deliverance; for it was one of the greatest honours (as we intimated before) ⟨p. 245⟩that God did for Jacob, that ever he did to man, therefore God would bring him very low before he would raise him so high, and make him fall a weeping aswell as praying before he should have the Mercy; Oh! this is Gods way, He will bring men very low, to humble them before they shall have mercy, therefore when mens hearts are high and lofty, stout and hard, they are not in a way of Mercy from God; but when mens hearts begin to break, thaw and melt, and are tender, then they are in a way of mercy, as here; So we find it often in Scripture that God intending mercy, first breaks the heart and melts it by mourning and sorrowing; as Josiah, you know that was his condition, his heart melted when he heard the Law, and God sends presently a Promise of Mercy to him: and in Jeremiah, there the Lord promises his People, That he will bring them with weeping, and with supplications, that shall be the way.
And on the other side, there were thoughts would make him weep too, The thoughts of his Misery, and the reasoning of his Faith, when he considered; I, but surely I am in the way of God though I be in a great deal of danger, I have the Promise of God, I have his Covenant with me, I have to deal with the Holy, Blessed and Gracious God in all my waies, Who knows but that my extremity may be Gods opportunity? The heart of my brother it is certainly in the hand of God, and all Creatures are in Gods hands too: Now the actings of Faith would make one to weep aswel as of Fear and Trouble, and it were well if we could weep on both sides: Sometimes you roul in your thoughts all the aggravations of your afflictions, and they make you weep: Now can you roul in your thoughts the aggravations of Gods Goodness and Mercy, and can that make you weep? The end why God brought Jacob into this condition, to fal a weeping before the Angel, it was, That he might humble him, and break his heart before he gives him deliverance; for it was one of the greatest honors (as we intimated before)