A77979:1262
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.
Answ. 2 To seek God early is, to seek him with our whole heart; The heart is not divided in the work,1 every part is employed; as Jehoshaphat, 2 Chron. 20.23. feared and set himself to seek the Lord, he gave his whole self to the duty.
Answ. 2 To seek God early is, to seek him with our whole heart; The heart is not divided in the work,1 every part is imployed; as Jehoshaphat, 2 Chron. 20.23. feared and set himself to seek the Lord, he gave his whole self to the duty.
- 1With our whole heart.With our whol heart.
Answ. 3 When the soul bears down all difficulties in seeking of God, when nothing shall keep him off his wok:1 as Jacob wrestled with God, and would not be put off without the blessing, Gen. 32.24. So the woman of Canaan, how earnestly did she seek to Christ for her daughter? and would not be put off by difficulties, Matt. 15.22, 23, 24, 25.
Answ. 3 When the soul bears down all difficulties in seeking of God, when nothing shall keep him off his wook:1 as Jacob wrestled with God, and would not be put off without the blessing,