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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
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 6 › Verse 2
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Fourthly, Consider how much better it is to give God the glory of a mercy willingly, than force him to extort it from you in a way of wrath; God is better pleased with active praise, than passive for his mercies; consider, glory he will have for his mercies, Oh put not God to that trouble to force his own glory so due to him, from you, if you give not God the glory of a mercy in possession, he in wrath will take it from you: and had not God given us this reviving mercy, it might have been our case to have been forced to give God his glory in a passive way.
Fifthly, Whatever God c•lls for now, from you, be willing to give it up to him freely; whatsoever we would have been willing to have given for such a mercy in our misery, had God indented with us for it, let us be ready and willing to give it to him now the mercy is come; had we known our ⟨p. 546⟩danger and the miseries which would have flowed in upon us had not mercy prevented, if God should have said thus, What would you do? what would you suffer? what would you part withal for me? and you shall be delivered out of this danger and possess the contrary mercy? Then seeing God hath given us such a mercy without this indenting, make this an argument to come off freely in giving God that which he now calls for; you have been (perhaps) in bodily fears and danger of death by some sickness, now if God should have called for your estates, would not you have given them to him? Do that now which you would then have done.
Fiftly, Whatever God c•lls for now, from you, be willing to give it up to him freely; whatsoever we would have been willing to have given for such a mercy in our misery, had God indented with us for it, let us be ready and willing to give it to him now the mercy is come; had we known our ⟨p. 546⟩danger and the miseries which would have flowed in upon us had not mercy prevented, if God should have said thus, What would you do? what would you suffer? what would you part withal for me? and you shall be delivered out of this danger and possess the contrary mercy? Then seeing God hath given us such a mercy without this indenting, make this an argument to come off freely in giving God that which he now calls for; you have been (perhaps) in bodily fears and danger of death by some sickness, now if God should have cald for your estates, would not you have given them to him? Do that now which you would then have done.