A77979:1343
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 2
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.
1If this be thus, take heed of drawing darker conclusions from Gods dealings than they will bear, as to say, the Lord hath forsaken us, and God will have mercy no more upon us, he hath forgotten to be gracious, or to say, he hath left his cause and turned his back upon his inheritance, therefore we should labour to be well informed in the grounds upon which ⟨p. 541⟩his cause stands, and is maintained, and which may uphold us in the maintenance of it; for know that God may put thee to the trial, and if thou art not throughly grounded thou wilt apostatize.
1If this be thus, take heed of drawing darker conclusions from Gods dealings than they will bear, as to say, the Lord hath forsaken us, and God will have mercy no more upon us, he hath forgotten to be gracioos, or to say, he hath left his cause and turned his back upon his inheritance, therefore we should labor to be well informed in the grounds upon which ⟨p. 541⟩his cause stands, and is maintained, and which may uphold us in the maintenance of it; for know that God may put thee to the tryal, and if thou art not throughly grounded thou wilt apostatize.
- 1Use, Care to be well grounded in a cause that may suffer.Use, Care to be well grounded in a cause th•t may suffer.
God leaves his people in that dead condition for a time; the first Obs. 2 day they may look for help, and it may not come; and the second day he may let them lie when help is looked for, and this may be after their seeking of God: This people they said, Come, let us return unto the Lord, yet what do they say? after two days he will revive us; it must be some time first: God is a great God, and his creature must wait, there is much grace exercised in an afflicted condition, when the soul quietly submits to God and patiently waits upon his pleasure, let his dealing be never so hard towards them; God sometimes answers his peoples prayers presently when they seek him, so that it may not only be said, in the evening, but in the morning hast thou heard me; not only this day, but the next also: see that place in