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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.
1. Our subjection to Christ and his laws must be free, that is, it must be raised within us from the consideration of that excellency that is in Christ and his laws, and from ⟨p. 14⟩no by-end whatsoever, this was Davids frame 119. Psal. 94. saith he there, I am thine, save me; for I seek thy Precepts: as if he should say, I seek them merely for that excellency that I see in them: many may outwardly be subject to Christ, but yet not under this consideration, but as Christ saith, 6. John ye seek me for the Loaves: so may Christ say to many, you seek me, you yield outward subjection to me, not freely from that excellency that is in me, but for your own by-ends and respects, but we must know that that subjection which Christ calls for must be free.
1. Our subjection to Christ and his lawes must be free, that is, it must be raised within us from the consideration of that excellency that is in Christ and his lawes, and from ⟨p. 14⟩no by-end whatsoever, this was Davids frame 119. Psal. 94. saith he there, I am thine, save mee; for I seeke thy Precepts: as if he should say, I seeke them meerely for that excellency that I see in them: many may outwardly be subject to Christ, but yet not under this consideration, but as Christ saith, 6. John yee seeke me for the Loaves: so may Christ say to many, you seeke mee, you yeeld outward subjection to mee, not freely from that excellency that is in me, but for your owne by-ends and respects, but wee must know that that subjection which Christ calls for must be free.
Secondly, it must be Universal, Christ calls for all: 12. Mark 33. thou shalt worship the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and soul, and might, and strength, and saith the Apostle, you are bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your bodies and in your Spirits, which are Gods.