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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
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We find glorious shows of reformation to come to nothing, as appears in these many examples, 2 King 1, 9. and the 10. chapters, Jehu made great shows when Joram asked him, Is it peace Jehu? he answered him, What peace so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? And in the 10. chapter, what a slaughter doth he make upon the ⟨p. 577⟩Priests of Baal? Well what came of this? read but on in the chapter, verses 29. and 31. it is said, That Jehu departed not from the sins of Jeroboam who made Israel to sin. What a cloud of hopes was there in Ahab's time, 1 Kings, 18.39. all the people cried, The Lord is God, the Lord he is the God, upon the miracle which was wrought by Elijahs prayer, when the fire came down and consumed the sacrifice; but this all vanished in the people, and for Ahab himself the text saith, he did abominably in following of Idols so that there was none like unto him, who sold himself to work wickedness, 1 Kings, 21.26, 27. When the Prophet comes to him, after he had killed Nabal and telleth him of his sin, he falls down and humbleth himself, in so much that God himself takes notice of it, and upon it, pronounceth a transmission of his punishment, That he would not bring the evil in his days, but in his sons; God bids the Prophet see how he humbled himself, & that not in a show, as if his heart were not touched and affected, he did truly humble himself in his kind; but now, was there no reformation followed upon this? No, none at all,1 'Tis very hard to bring great men to reforming: where have we such an example since Theodosius the Emperor, who being a man guilty of rash effusion of blood, coming upon a Sabbath day to the place of public worship and would have received the Sacrament, Ambrose 2seeing him a coming goes and meets him at the door, and speaks thus to him; How dare those bloody hands of yours lay hold of the body and blood of Christ, who have been the shedders of so much innocent blood? Which speech did so startle him that he went away and was humbled for his sin, and afterwards came and made his public confession and then was received in. Whence we may see, that Kings,