A77979:1359
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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Lastly, Lay up against unbelief for time to come. Hath God remembered us in our low estate? let us say with David, We will tr•st in him so long as we live, we will never determine so as formerly we have, either against our selves or the cause of God, we will never entertain hard thoughts of God more, but we are resolved to do what belongs to us as creatures, and leave the success of the business to God; apply this any way and it will be very useful: hath God helped us in any soul-trouble? revived thee in the depths of sorrow when God hid himself from thee? lay up the passages of God towards thee in this case against all the risings of unbelief whatsoever, resolve upon this, that thy soul shall rely upon him for help whatsoever becomes of thee, this is to give God the glory of reviving mercies. Psal. 18.1, 2. thus doth David appropriate God to himself and gathers strength from this to support him, David at this time was in a great straight by Sauls persecution of him, that he gave all for lost, I shall one day perish by the hands of Saul; but he soon recalls himself again, It was in my hast, he said in his hast the Prophets of God (Gad and Nathan) they are liars, they tell me that I shall be King, that I shall sway the Sceptre in Israel, but 'tis nothing so, I am like to be killed and betrayed every moment, such enemies wait to catch me, and is it ever likely that I should fit upon the Throne and be King? So, men in their hast are ready to think that God will forsake them, and leave his cause upon every frown and hard word which he speaks; but David ⟨p. 547⟩found a reviving mercy presently upon it in the 1. and 2. verses of the 18. Psalm, where he praised God for that mercy, which formerly he would not believe; before in this 2. verse he sets out God in way of praise by eight titles,1 and all his propriety in them for strengthening of his faith. 1. My rock, 2. my fortress, 3. my deliverer, 4. my God, 5. my strength in whom I will trust, 6. my buckler, 7. the born of my salvation, 8. my high Tower; from all these titles of God as his, he strengthens himself. In all the Scripture I know not such a short text so full for the strengthening of faith as this is: and it is the special work of faith to make God to be ours in all these relations;2