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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.
Expos. 2 For their falseness and dissembling, they had a heart and a heart towards God, they dealt treacherously with God, they were all in shows, but in the bottom nothing but vanity.
Expos. 2 For their falfness and desembling, they had a heart and a heart towards God, they dealt treacherously with God, they were all in shows, but in the bottom nothing but vanity.
Expos. 3 For their unconstancy and fickleness; As rain in the clouds shows much, but is by the wind presently blown over, the clouds now are all black and louring, but in a short time are blown over and there is a perfect clear sky; even thus it was in their goodness, though they made glorious shows in their reformation, yet were they all empty, false, and unconstant: Thus it was in the general, in the reformation of the Land, when things were reformed in the Kingdom it was but by halves, and in their particular turnings it was but as the morning cloud, many times there was great appearances of reformation, but they were like the early dew which presently goeth away. The ten Tribes, and Judah did make such beginnings in reformation and setting up the worship of God, that if God were truly worshipped by any people in the world it would be by these, that they would set God up high in their thoughts, high in their practices, and this was very burdensome to the Spirit of God; therefore he saith, What shall I do unto thee Ob Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee Oh Judah?
Expos. 3 For their unconstancy and sickleness; As rain in the clouds shews much, but is by the wind presently blown over, the clouds now are all black and lowring, but in a short time are blown over and there is a perfect cleer sky; even thus it was in their goodness, though they made glorious shows in their reformation, yet were they all empty, false, and unconstant: Thus it was in the general, in the reformation of the Land, when things were reformed in the Kingdom it was but by halves, and in their particular turnings it was but as the morning cloud, many times there was great appearences of reformation, but they were like the early dew which presently goeth away. The ten Tribes, and Judah did make such beginnings in reformation and setting up the worship of God, that if God were truly worshiped by any people in the world it would be by these, that they would set God up high in their thoughts, high in their practices, and this was very burdensom to the Spirit of God; therefore he saith, What shall I do unto thee Ob Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee Oh Judah?