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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
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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.
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.
- 1The more excellent the nature the more communicative.The more excellent the nature the more cōmunicative.
If grace hath its denomination from hence, Then surely this Obs. 2 grace of mercy is most excellent, because the whole frame of the new man is set out by it, and by this it is expressed. When we use to set out the whole of any thing by a part, we do not express it by an inferior part, but in some thing which is eminent in it, as by prayer many times is expressed the whole worship of God, as be that calls upon the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved.