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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And then the next thing is the great sense of what he 1prays for, Deliver me I pray thee from the hand of my Brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. Lord, I do not speak words that have expressions in them without sense of my heart, for Lord, as I am crying to thee for help against my Brother, I do apprehend my great extremity, ⟨p. 261⟩Lord, I fear him lest he come and smite me, with the mother and the children.
And then the next thing is the great sence of what he 1praies for, Deliver me I pray thee from the hand of my Brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. Lord, I do not speak words that have expressions in them without sence of my heart, for Lord, as I am crying to thee for help against my Brother, I do apprehend my great extremity, ⟨p. 261⟩Lord, I fear him lest he come and smite me, with the mother and the children.
- 17. Deep sense of what is prayed for.7. Deep sence of what is prayed for.
When we come to prayer, we must not have words, 1that are puffed-up words, and have little in them, but there must be as much sense of the thing that we pray for, as the words that we speak do seem to import & carry with them; many times we have great words, and little sense, and that makes our prayers to be so empty.