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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 6: VER. 6.
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.
Wait.] Oh! there's reason that thou shouldest wait upon God, Oh! thou sayest if I had comfort, and if I were sure I should be saved at last, though I have discouragements from men, yet, if I had but comfort from God, then I could be content; yea, but wait, wait for comfort, wait for peace, wait for assurance, God is a great God, and is worthy to be waited on:1
Wait.] Oh! there's reason that thou shouldest wait upon God, Oh! thou saiest if I had comfort, and if I were sure I should be saved at last, though I have discouragements from men, yet, if I had but comfort from God, then I could be content; yea, but wait, wait for comfort, wait for peace, wait for assurance, God is a great God, and is worthy to be waited on:1
- 1Why we should wait. 1
Men that are above others will take state upon them, ⟨p. 305⟩and they will be waited on; God is great, and therefore wait upon him.
And we are vile creatures and unworthy, and therefore 1let us wait. Beggars if they should rap and rap, and you come and see it to be a beggar, your heart rises upon him, if he beg he must wait if you be busy. We are Beggars, and therefore it is fit for us to wait.
And we are vile creatures and unworthy, and therfore