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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.
There is a fourth sort that are higher than these, and those are they that swear that they may not be accounted Puritans or of the number of such a faction; Because where they go if they be but suspected to be savourers of such kind of men as were heretofore named by that nick-name and now are by another; (I say) if they go into company where they think they may be suspected to be inclined to that party, what do they? They do, to give evident demonstration to the contrary, swear lustily, and rap out Oaths one after another. Oh what horrible opposition unto God and unto the Spirit of Christ is this, Christ saith, That our light must so shine before men that they seeing o•r good works m•y glorify our heavenly Father; Now they let their wickedness appear before men that they may be known what they are: And hereby they give testimony that they can be brought to yield unto any thing, that is the very ground of it, they do (I say) by that give testimony to the other party, that they can be brought to yield unto any thing and that they can serve their turns; and this is the reason why willingly they would entertain no other than such as these, for if they hear a man swear lustily then they think thus, such a man surely either hath no conscience at all and then he is fittest for our turn he will not be a scrupulous fool, or if he have a conscience he hath broke his conscience and now his conscience cannot prevail over him, therefore now l•t us put upon him what we will if it may suit with his own ends and with his own profit, this man will do it; but as for your Puritans that are so conscientious we cannot have our own ends by them, therefore we will have none of them, that is the reason why they do so much hate them and others that they might be entertained by them and give full testimony that they are fit for their turns, therefore they will swear. Oh how black are mens mouths at this day by their cursed Oaths new execrations newly invented, that the world never before heard of! Wherefore then, though God might ma•e these men as scorpions for a while to scourge us, ye• if our spirits were up we need not fear them, for certainly they are the people of Gods curse, those that are so full of curses in their ⟨p. 44⟩mouths. Thus much for the first.