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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.
And your betters have waited longer; Read but the 88. Psalm, and there you will find your better waited all 1his time; The Lord was pleased to work Grace upon him when he was young, his heart was turned to God then; and you may find in the text, that from his youth up the terrors of God was upon him. Wait upon God continually.
And your betters have waited longer; Reade but the 88. Psalm, and there you will find your better waited all 1his time; The Lord was pleased to work Grace upon him when he was yong, his heart was turned to God then; and you may find in the text, that from his youth up the terrors of God was upon him. Wait upon God continually.
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And you cannot better your self: Whither wilt thou go, poor soul? Now you are seeking God, you have not 1what you would have, Whither will you go? Can you mend your self any way? if you cannot, then wait upon God continually.
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It may be before God began to turn thy heart, thou thoughtest Mercy was easy to be obtained, thou thoughtest 1then it was nothing to believe, thou wonderest that people spake so much of the hardness of believing, thou thoughtest it easy; Well, the Lord is now working upon thy heart, and the Lord would humble thee for those slight thoughts thou hadst of Faith, the Lord will have thee to know, That believing in his Grace it requires a mighty work of God, even the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Be humbled for thy slight thoughts about the work of Faith, and know, that this (it may be) is the thing that God intends in keeping thee so low so