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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 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.
Answ. We are bound to hear the Word as our duty: and when we come we should present our lusts before the edge of the Word: were sin presented before it, it would only slay the sin and not the person.1 When the Word comes, it will slay the one, either your sins, or your souls; therefore if you would have your souls saved, put your sins to death: the upright man need not fear coming to the Word; but such as are resolved to keep their sins, the Word will slay both them and their sins too. It follows.
Answ. We are bound to hear the Word as our duty: and when we come we should present our lusts before the edge of the Word: were sin presented before it, it would only slay the sin and not the person.1 When the Word comes, it will slay the one, either your sins, or your souls; therefore if you would have your souls saved, put your sins to death: the upright man need not fear comming to the Word; but such as are resolved to keep their sins, the Word will slay both them and their sins too. It follows.
- 1The word flays either the sin, or the soul.The word flaies either the sin, or the soul.