A77979:1454
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.
Now if we take the words in a large sense, as in Scripture they are often taken, and in this place also, for their goodness and piety; and in this sense there is much of the mind of God in the words, they are so full of marrow and sweetness as can be desired; Now in that God should express godliness and piety by such a word as mercy; Note from thence.
The necessity of this grace of love and brotherly kindness, in regard Obs. 1 godliness it self receives its name from them; though by nature men are passionate and rugged, grace will mollify them, of covetous men it will change them to liberal and make them free-hearted, for grace is part of the Divine Nature; Nothing is so communicative as God the highest good,1 and according to the height of any creature is the communicativeness of it: as the Sun being sublime and excellent is most communicative; so a gracious man, hath he parts? they are not for himself but for the Church; hath he an estate? he distributes and communicates of it to the Saints, and according as grace ariseth in the soul, will communicativeness arise; a true Christian is not close handed.
The necessity of this grace of love and brotherly kindness, in regard Obs. 1 godliness it self receives its name from them; though by nature men are passionate and rugged, grace will mollifie them, of covetous men it will change them to liberal and make them free-hearted, for grace is part of the Divine Nature; Nothing is so communicative as God the highest good,1 and according to the height of any creature is the communicativeness of it: as the Sun being sublime and excellent is most communicative; so a gracious man, hath he parts? they are not for himself but for the Church; hath he an estate? he distributes and communicates of it to the Saints, and according as grace ariseth in the soul, wil communicativeness arise; a true Christian is not close handed.