A77979:1510
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 5
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.
1By this work you may see what a hard task the Ministers labour is, this made Jeremiah to complain, when he saw the dullness and stupidity of the people, resolved that he would speak no more in the Name of the Lord to this people. The work of a Minister it is more laborious than the work of a Carpenter, as Chrysostom 2expresses it; for saith he, the Carpenter when he hath wrought hard all day he goes home and comes again in the morning and finds it as he left it; but we hew and take pains and leave our people, and come again we find them worse than before.
1By this work you may see what a hard task the Ministers labor is, this made Jeremiah to complain, when he saw the dulness and stupidity of the people, resolved that he would speak no more in the Name of the Lord to this people. The work of a Minister it is more laborious than the work of a Carpenter, as Chrysostom 2expresses it; for saith he, the Carpenter when he hath wrought hard all day he goes home and comes again in the morning and finds it as he left it; but we hew and take pains and leave our people, and come again we find them worse than before.
- 1Use, Ministers work difficult.
- 2Chrysostom
Obs. 5 That the Ministers of the Gospel when they meet with such rough, cross, and untoward spirits must deal with them answerably.
Obs. 5 That the Ministers of the Gospel when they meet with such rough, crosse, and untoward spirits must deale with them answerably.