A77979:1302
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 6 › Verse 1
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.
These words are an excitation of the mind (not the body) to return to God; as also they show the mighty spirit which came upon this people at this time, what a turn there was in them, as if they had said, Well, our Princes have deceived us, and our Prophets have deluded us and led us aside, we have been false in our worship, wrong in our practises, for which God hath been displeased with us; but now, Come, and let us return, we are resolved to fall down and humble our selves, He hath smitten us, and he will bind us up. The Seventy Translators and also Hierom take these words from Chirurgeons which use to put deep and long tents into great sores,1 who intends not to skin, but throughly to heal it, by eating out the corrupt flesh and filthy matter: so that these words note Israels dangerous disease, and their great corruptions, and that in their afflictions; but God would not let them die of this disease, or perish under his hand in the curing, but he would heal them and that throughly. A woman whose breasts are sore must be throughly tented before it be healed, and she bids the Chirurgeon cure her well and thoroughly though it be long and painful: So saith God, this people are very sorely wounded, but I will take them in hand and heal them, but their cure will be very long and tedious, sore and painful. Now saith this people, seeing it is thus, Come, let us return, it matters not though our healing cost us dear and it be painful, it is enough that God will heal us; Let our disease be never so grievous, Come and let us return. A man that hath a mortal wound about him, what pain will not he be willing to endure in healing so he may be sure of cure? This people conceived themselves so wounded that if God had not taken them to cure they must have perished, but in that God had undertaken the cure, they were confident they should be healed.
These words are an excitation of the mind (not the body) to return to God; as also they shew the mighty spirit which came upon this people at this time, what a turn there was in them, as if they had said, Well, our Princes have deceived us, and our Prophets have deluded us and led us aside, we have been false in our worship, wrong in our practises, for which God hath been displeased with us; but now, Come, and let us return, we are resolved to fall down and humble our selves, He hath smitten us, and he will bind us up. The Seventy Translators and also Hierom take these words from Chyrurgions which use to put deep and long tents into great sores,