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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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Obs. 7 The apprehension of the death and resurrection of Christ is a special means to help faith in the times of the greatest afflictions: Many things may help faith in this case, but the consideration of Christs resurrection is the chief: when the soul shall exercise faith thus; I am thus and thus afflicted and in misery, so was Christ and much more, although he were the Son of God, the first begotten of the Father, and so blessed for ever, he was delivered up into his enemies hands, scorned, persecuted, and contemned, nay, he was crucified and put to a shameful death: but my condition for the present is not thus, but if it should be so it is no more than Christs was; in this his great misery all his friends forsook him, which aggravates their misery which are in straits, in so much that those two Disciples which went to Emmaus said, We had thought that God would have delivered Israel by this man: What a low condition did God bring Christ unto? and yet this was the greatest work that ever was done, and such a •ork as brings God the most glory of any work in the world;1 […] the Church ever in a lower condition than Christ himself was? yet Christ was raised and delivered out of them all, yea this was a special end why Christ was brought into such a low estate, to be a comfort and a pattern for his Churches, that may come into the same condition which he was in, and seeing this is held forth unto us in a clearer way than it was to the Jews under ⟨p. 549⟩the Law, we should make more use of it than they did? was Christ so low that the wrath of God was upon him for satisfaction even to death? this surely was a very low condition; and now, is there any hope that ever he should be raised from this? yea now was Gods time to show his power, and to declare him to be his Son, God be speaks his people in all their straits thus, Did my power raise my son in such a low estate? it is able also to raise you; as the Apostle argues in the 1 Cor. 15. If Christ be not risen, the dead are not raised &c. so from thence I also infer, That the Church must rise because Christ is risen; if the Church does not rise, Christ is not risen; and if so, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is to no purpose; therefore raise up your sadded spirits upon thi• ground;