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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Further, God is all this while preparing mercy for 1you. Suppose you come to have a Scrivener write something for you, Well, the thing is not yet done, yea, but ⟨p. 306⟩2he is writing as fast as he can: know, O thou soul who art turning to God, all the while thou art waiting, God is working, God is setting all his Attributes on work for thy good, while thou art waiting, and therefore wait on thy God.
Further, God is all this while preparing mercy for 1you. Suppose you come to have a Scrivener write somthing for you, Well, the thing is not yet done, yea, but ⟨p. 306⟩2he is writing as fast as he can: know, O thou soul who art turning to God, all the while thou art waiting, God is working, God is setting all his Attributes on work for thy good, while thou art waiting, and therefore wait on thy God.
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And know, God is infinitely wise, and he knows when 'tis best for us to have the mercy, he knows the times and 1seasons, wait upon God, for the Lord is a God of Judgment. Alas! we are hasty, we cannot judg when the time is fittest, but God is a God of Judgment, and therefore wait upon him: should we have a mercy just when we would, our mercy would undo us, and therefore let us wait.