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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the prophesy of Hosea· Being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhill London. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the fifth book, published by Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simson William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the prophesy of Hosea· Being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhil London. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the fifth book, published by Thomas Goodwyn, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simson William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.
London: printed for Peter Cole, 1650
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 5 › Verse 11
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.
1The more of the will there is in any thing, if it be evil, the worse it is; if it be good, the better it is. Many men make this for their excuse, in things done which are evil: It was against their wil•: but this doth not excuse, for rather than they would suffer &c. they chose this, now where the will goes along with any thing, if evil, it is very evil indeed.
- 1the more Will, the greater Sin.
1. Now the will may be said to be in sin, when a man doth those things which produce sin, or sin follow upon it, or omits that which would keep him from sin; a drunkard perhaps doth not will to swear, strike, and abuse men, yet being not himself, doing of such things, his will may be said to be those sins, because he did not shun those things which occasioned them.
1. Now the wil may be said to be in sin, when a man doth those things which produce sin, or sin follow upon it, or omits that which would keep him from sin; a drunkard perhaps doth not will to swear, strike, and abuse men, yet being not himself, doing of such things, his wil may be said to be those sins, because he did not shun those things which occasioned them.
2. The will may be said to be in a sin, when a man shall in two difficult things, in which he must either sin or suffer, rather choose to sin than to suffer. This people here were commanded by Jeroboam to worship at Dan and Bethel; but God commanded them to worship at Jerusalem; now for them to disobey Gods command, and rather choose to obey Jeroboam's command than suffer Jeroboam's punishment, was a sin of willingness in them: when a man omits a duty commanded, for some hardships in it, he sins willingly in that omission of his.