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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 5 › Verse 14
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.
From the duplication of the words, we may observe this Note, That the hand of God is more immediate in some judgments than Obs. 4 in others, and the more immediate the more remarkable, there shall not only come judgments upon you, but I will bring ⟨p. 506⟩them, they shall be such, that you shall see, that I am in them. In some judgments upon men, God makes so much use of the creature, that sinners can see little of Gods hand in them, but in some others, they can easily see the hand of God in them; Belshazzar trembled at the hand-writing, and his thoughts were troubled within him, why so? the hand struck him not at all, only he saw it to be the hand of God, the hand of the Deity was in it, Dan. 5.5, 6. and this made him to tremble. Gen. 6.17. Behold, I, even I do bring a flood: And that wrath which is out against us at this time, especially our adversaries, is the hand of God in a special manner, God may well say to us,1 I, even I will tear thee O England, O how hath God manife-fested Himself to us in these latter years since the wars began. As we ought to take notice of Gods tearing and rending Kingdoms, so also in families, and particular persons, God would have us take notice, that it's He; as a godly heart takes notice of Gods hand in mercies; and then they are most sweet; so on the contrary, he takes notice of Gods hand in every judgment to be humbled under it: I will establish my Covenant with you: Gen. 9.11. and Isa, 43.19.25. I, even I am he which blotteth out thine iniquities: Mercies are then most sweet when we see them come from Gods immediate hand, in a special providence. Gods hand-remarkable in judgments must be taken notice of. For,
From the duplication of the words, we may observe this Note, That the hand of God is more imediate in some judgments than Obs. 4 in others, and the more imediate the more remarkable, there shall not only come judgments upon you, but I will bring ⟨p. 506⟩them, they shall be such, that you shall see, that I am in them. In some judgments upon men, God makes so much use of the creature, that sinners can see little of Gods hand in them, but in some others, they can easily see the hand of God in them; Belshazzer trembled at the hand-writing, and his thoughts were troubled within him, why so? the hand struck him not at all, only he saw it to be the hand of God, the hand of the Deity was in it,