A77979:1388
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 3
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.
They shall know them, if they follow on to know them. [If] is not Expos. 1 in the Original; but put in to fill up the sense; but if we take the •ords literally, we shall know if we follow on; then the sense runs thus; Doth God reveal himself to his people? ⟨p. 554⟩and do his people lay hold of the opportunity? they shall Expos. 2 know more. And if you take the words without If, thus, You know and follow on to know: the meaning is, That when God begins to show mercy he will go on to show more mercy; so that these words are a motive to turn to God, or an expression of their confidence in God, God was now in the dark, his presence was clouded towards them, and the enemies scoffed and mocked at them, saying where is now your God? The people answer, We shall know our God again, and he will discover himself to our comfort, but to your shame. The Notes are.
They shall know them, if they follow on to know them. [If] is not Expos. 1 in the Original; but put in to fill up the sense; but if we take the •ords litterally, we shall know if we follow on; then the sense runs thus; Doth God reveal himself to his people? ⟨p. 554⟩and do his people lay hold of the opportunity? they shall Expos. 2 know more. And if you take the words without If, thus, You know and follow on to know: the meaning is, That when God begins to show mercy he will go on to shew more mercy; so that these words are a motive to turn to God, or an expression of their confidence in God, God was now in the dark, his presence was clouded towards them, and the enemies scoffed and mocked at them, saying where is now your God? The people answer, We shall know our God again, and he will discover himself to our comfort, but to your shame. The Notes are.
Obs. 1 True penitents turn to God, that they might know God. As there must be some knowledge before turning to God, so turning to God that we may know him more; and the desire of knowing him should not be so much to deliver from hell, as to be fitted thereby to do him more and better service: the hypocrite if he have but as much service and knowledge to manage it as to attain his own ends he is satisfied; but a gracious heart dares not do so.