A77979:1562
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 6
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.
I find cited a tradition by some of the Jews used by them, when they fell out and were throughly angry one with another, they would tell him he should never have any benefit in any thing which they had, and this they called Corban, and this in Mat. 15.5. is called a gift, The gift of the Altar: therefore some of the Heathens forbade this Oath Corban; and yet this was the Oath that these did swear by, and by some is used (upon the matter) even at this day as an Oath, as thus, when any that we have relation unto, having throughly angered us, we use to say, well, you shall never be a penny the better for me, this is no other than this oath Corban which they used to swear by in this place.
I find cited a tradition by some of the Jews used by them, when they fell out and were throughly angry one with another, they would tell him he should never have any benefit in any thing which they had, and this they called Corban, and this in Mat. 15.5. is called a gift, The gift of the Altar: therefore some of the Heathens forbad this Oath Corban; and yet this was the Oath that these did swear by, and by some is used (upon the matter) even at this day as an Oath, as thus, when any that we have relation unto, having throughly angred us, we use to say, well, you shall never be a peny the better for me, this is no other than this oath Corban which they used to swear by in this place.
In the case of the good of souls, and this is Christs case, §4Mat. 9.13. Go ye and learn what that meaneth; I will have mercy and not sacrifice, for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance: though men ought to prize Ordinances, and to set a high esteem of Gods worship, yet if it should so fall out, that instituted worship and mercy to souls come together, and both cannot be done together, instituted worship may be left undone so not slighted, and the work of mercy to the soul must be valued before it: we are ready to think that nothing must give way to instituted worship, but certainly immortal