A77979:1451
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.
Though I do not think this to be the principal scope and sense of the words, ye: it may be noted and afford us useful Expos. 3 meditation; but the proper meaning of the words seems to signify their own goodness, which may betaken, 1. more strictly for mercy and compassion towards one another; because in the sixth verse God calls upon them so earnestly for mercy; notwithstanding all their shows and promises of reformation it was but in hypocrisy, like those in Jer. 34.15, 16. of whom God saith, That they were turned, and had done right in his sight in proclaiming liberty to their servants, but they had polluted his Name again, by causing those servants formerly set at liberty to return, and bringing them into subjection; so that people which are for a time pitiful and very merciful, afterwards grow cruel and hardhearted.
Though I do not think this to be the principal scope and sense of the words, ye: it may be noted and afford us useful Expos. 3 meditation; but the proper meaning of the words seems to signifie their own goodnesse, which may betaken, 1. more strictly for mercy and compassion towards one another; because in the sixt verse God calls upon them so earnestly for mercy; notwithstanding all their shews and promises of reformation it was but in hypocrisie, like those in Jer. 34.15, 16. of whom God saith, That they were turned, and had done right in his sight in proclaiming liberty to their servants, but they had polluted his Name again, by causing those servants formerly set at liberty to return, and bringing them into subjection; so that people which are for a time pitiful and very merciful, afterwards grow cruel and hardhearted.
Let us take heed of such a disposition which is so great an evil;1 we when together sometimes can join in love and unity, pitying each other, and bearing with each others infirmities,