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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.
That God doth not willingly grieve the children of men; he is even Obs. 1 forced to it, at that very time they are grieved by afflictions, at the same time is God troubled for their miseries. Can any tell me, men of Angels, nay I appeal to your selves, can you tell me what I should do more to you than I have done? If you can, I would do it, God expostulates with them, he comes not suddenly upon them, punishment is the last way God takes with his people.
And so it should be with us, to those that are under us,1 as to children or servants, all means must be tried to prevail with them before correction, exhort, advise, reprove, and pray for them, have you first taken this course? else you can have little comfort in correcting them: this is Gods way, though you perhaps see it not; God here meets with an objection which repining Israel might seem to make, we are such as do believe, to whom the promise doth belong, why might not the Lord bring mercy to us without using such means of smiting, wounding, killing, and parching of us? no saith God, I could not bring about mine own ends but by this way, Oh therefore let us check our selves at such thoughts as these, God brings us low by afflictions, he could do it by mercies, but then his end which he aims at would not be so fully accomplished.
And so it should be with us, to those that are under us,1 as to children or servants, all means must be tried to prevail with them before correction, exhort, advise, reprove, and pray for them, have you first taken this course? else you can have little comfort in correcting them: this is Gods way, though you perhaps see it not; God here meets with an objection which repining Israel might seem to make, we are such as do beleeve, to whom the promise doth belong, why might not the Lord bring mercy to us without using such means of smiting, wounding, killing, and parching of us? no saith God, I could not bring about mine own ends but by this way, Oh therefore let us check our selves at such thoughts as these, God brings us low by afflictions, he could do it by mercies, but then his end which he aims at would not be so fully accomplished.