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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 4 › Verse 2
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.
If men be guilty of thi• sin merely thorough a vain custom, what high indignity is this against God? what slighting and neglect of God is there? As if sinning against God were an argument of no more weight but that the using of a thing without any reason, when nothing can be got by it, could down-weigh that argument. Custom indeed is enough to prevail in things that are of no moment, a now, some man that hath by custom gotten such a kind of posture of his body, or taking hold of hi• beard and the like, such a kind of gesture he hath gotten by custom and he cannot leave it, why? becau•e the thing in its own nature hath no great consequence in it, and so custom prevaileth; But that custom should be enough to be set against the high displeasure of the blessed God or be set against his solemn profession that he will not hold that soul guiltless that takes his name in vain, this argueth ⟨p. 42⟩a most insufferable vilifying his sacred Majesty.
If men be guilty of thi• sin meerly thorough a vain custom, what high indignitie is this against God? what slighting and neglect of God is there? As if sinning against God were an argument of no more weight but that the using of a thing without any reason, when nothing can be got by it, could down-weigh that argument. Custom indeed is enough to prev•il in things that are of no moment, a now, some man that hath by custom gotten such a kind of posture of his body, or taking hold of hi• beard and the like, such a kind of gesture he hath gotten by custom and he cannot leave it, why? becau•e the thing in its own nature hath no great consequence in it, and so custom prevaileth; But that custom should be enough to be set against the high displeasure of the blessed God or be set •gainst his solemn professi•n that he will not hold that soul guiltless that takes his name in vain, this argueth ⟨p. 42⟩