A77979:1253
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 15
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.
Use. Sit not down despairing in your afflictions, saying, God will never be gracious, our seeking Him is to no purpose: It is true, God may justly say to us, as Jeptha said to the people, Do you now come to me in your distress? So God may say, do you now come to me in your sorrows and miseries, and cast me off in your prosperity?1 I confess it is very dangerous venturing the putting off our seeking of God till then, but if then God be pleased to work upon your hearts, be not discouraged but seek him still. So Joel saith, That in his affliction he sought the ⟨p. 525⟩Lord: But did the Lord answer him? Yea, his requests were granted.
- 1Caution.
Note, That every seeking of God is not sufficient; it must be early Obs. 6 seeking of Him.1
- 1Early seeking acceptable.
Now men are said to seek God early.