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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 7: VER. 7.
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You will say to him, You saw what it was, and you ⟨p. 319⟩bought the thing of me as it was, and I have nothing to 1say to you; but God hath much to say to you in this, mark those two Scriptures, Micah, 6. 11. the Lord having shown what he did require, that men should be just in their ways, now saith the text in ver. 11. Shall I account them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? for the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceit full in their mouth; therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee. Oh! when God comes to smite thee, he will make thee sick to purpose: sickness to such men as have defiled consciences in their trading is dreadful sickness indeed, as if God should say, You shall have not 2great content in what you have, I will be avenged on you for what you do, either you, or your heirs shall no enjoy it. But that place concerns Christians very much, a place that it's impossible for you that are exercised in Scripture, but you must needs take notice of it, 1 Thes. 4. 6. That no man go beyond, and defraud his brother. In any matter, you must not go beyond your brother; your brother is weak, you will say, Let the weaker look to it as well as he can: No, you must not take advantage of his weakness, he is your brother, you must not defraud him, no not in any matter, why? because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
You will say to him, You saw what it was, and you ⟨p. 319⟩bought the thing of me as it was, and I have nothing to 1say to you; but God hath much to say to you in this, mark those two Scriptures, Micah, 6. 11