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Certain observations upon Hosea the second the 7. & 8. verses As they were…Certaine observations vpon Hosea the second the 7. & 8. verses As they were…
Certain observations upon Hosea the second the 7. & 8. verses As they were delivered at a friends house who had broken his leg, for which meeting the author was committed to the White-Lyon by Sir Thomas Mallet late judge of assize for the county where he remaineth prisoner of Jesus Christ. By William Kiffin.Certaine observations vpon Hosea the second the 7. & 8. verses As they were delivered at a friends house who had broken his legg, for which meeting the author was committed to the White-Lyon by Sir Thomas Mallet late judge of assize for the county where he remaineth prisioner of Iesvs Christ. By William Kiffin.
London: printed for William Larner, 1642
Title page typeset from the transcription.
CERTAIN OBSERVATIONS UPON HOSEA THE SECOND.CERTAINE OBSERVATIONS UPON HOSEA THE SECOND.
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.
We do not know what employment Christ may put us upon: certain it is, that that heart which is in the last engaged to the world, will never do any great matters for Jesus Christ, he will play fast and loose with Christ, this we all profess to know, that we cannot serve two Masters, God & Mammon, their commands are so opposite one to each other as that if we obey the one, we must reject the other, wherefore let us commune with our own hearts, and see a little how our spirits stand affected to Christ do we find upon serious examination, that Christ and his laws doth bear sway in our hearts, & that excellency that is in them doth in the eyes of our souls weigh down all that riches and honours and pleasures and preferments of the world? nay more then this, do you see so much excellency in Gods ways as that it will bear your charges with ⟨p. 9⟩great allowance through those miseries and sorrows, reproaches and losses that you shall sustain in this life, yea even life it self, we shall see, Paul when he cast up his account of matters of this nature, he triumphs in that glorious allowance that he saw provided for him by God, 2 Cor. 4.1. saith he, our light afflictions which are but for a moment they work for us a far more excellent eternal weight of glory: wherefore let us not rest satisfied with a face of profession, but let us labour to make inquiry into our own heart and see what discoveries God hath made to us of the creatures emptiness, and his own fullness.
We do not know what imployment Christ may put us upon: certaine it is, that that heart which is in the last ingaged to the world, will never doe any great matters for Iesus Christ, he will play fast and loose with Christ, this we all professe to know, that we cannot serve two Masters, God & Mammon, their commands are so opposite one to each other as that if we obey the one, we must reject the other, wherefore let us commune with our owne hearts, and see a little how our spirits stand affected to Christ do we find upon serious examination, that Christ and his laws doth beare sway in our hearts, & that excellency that is in them doth in the eyes of our soules weigh downe all that riches and honours and pleasures and preferments of the world? nay more then this, do you see so much excellency in Gods wayes as that it will beare your charges with ⟨p. 9⟩