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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 6 › Verse 4
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.
What shall we understand by the next words? your ⟨p. 568⟩goodness is as the morning cloud? how can this be said? Luther to this answers thus; Your goodness; that is, the goodness of God which is yours by Covenant and purchase prepared for you, this mercy of God shall refresh your parched souls, as the morning cloud doth the earth after a long drought; thus he carries it.
1But the words, passing away, and their goodness being but as the morning cloud, taking these together, the sense runs another way, viz. to a breaking off from the discourse about the promise of mercy, to a convincement of the generality of Ephraims and Judahs formality in their greatest pursuit of reformation; they all passed away, as the morning cloud which vanisheth away, and as the early dew that comes to nothing.
1But the words, passing away, and their goodness being but as the morning cloud, taking these together, the sense runs another way, viz. to a breaking off from the discourse about the promise of mercy, to a convincement of the generality of Ephraims and Judahs formality in their greatest pursute of reformation; they al passed away, as the morning cloud which vanisheth away, and as the early dew that comes to nothing.
- 1declined.
1Hierom thinks that it is Gods mercies towards them which doth thus pass away; he would not leave them quite without hope, they should have some mercy, but it should not abide nor stay with them. But the genuine sense of the words I conceive to be,