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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 5: VER. 5.
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So that hence Christians should learn, to raise up 1their spirits when they have to deal with God, if God hath given them faith they should not be daunted with Gods terror, or with Gods greatness; thou sometimes lookest upon God as the great Creator of Heaven and Earth, the great Lord of Hosts, the infinite Jehovah, the lustre of his glory seems to amaze thee; be not afraid, Oh thou believing soul, if thou beest a seed of Jacob, notwithstanding all the terribleness there is in God, and all the glory that there is in God, the infinite distance that there is between him and us, which his Name Jehovah sets out unto us, yet thou mayest wrestle with this God, even with this God, and prevail with such a God as this is. Many poor Christians are much daunted, and discouraged with the sight of the greatness of God; but this text is a very great help to us that we should not be daunted and discouraged with the apprehensions of Gods greatness; indeed it is for ungodly men, to whom God is an Enemy, they are to be daunted with the apprehension of the greatness of God; but to the seed of Jacob, even when Jacob prevailed it was with this God, that is the Lord of Hosts, whose memorial is Jehovah.
So that hence Christians should learn, to raise up 1their spirits when they have to deal with God, if God hath given them faith they should not be daunted with Gods terror, or with Gods greatness; thou sometimes lookest upon God as the great Creator of Heaven and Earth, the great Lord of Hosts, the infinite Iehovah, the lustre of his glory seems to amaze thee; be not afraid, Oh thou beleeving soul, if thou beest a seed of Iacob, notwithstanding all the terribleness there is in God, and all the glory that there is in God, the infinite distance that there is between him and us, which his Name Iehovah sets out unto us, yet thou mayest wrastle with this God, even with this God, and prevail with such a God as this is. Many poor Christians are much daunted, and discouraged with the sight of the greatness of God; but this text is a very great help to us that we should not be daunted and discouraged with the apprehensions of Gods greatness; indeed it is for ungodly men, to whom God is an Enemy, they are to be daunted with the apprehension of the greatness of God; but to the seed of Iacob, even when Iacob prevailed it was with this God, that is the Lord of Hosts, whose memorial is Iehovah.