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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
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 6 › Verse 6
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1But what say you to the case of Daniel, when he knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house and prayed more earnestly, Dan. 6.10. Might not he have saved his life according to this rule? I will have mercy and not sacrifice; yet his was a sacrifice that he tendered up to God, it was more than a prayer.
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1Daniel at this time was called to manifest Jehovah to be the true God, for he was forbid at this time by a Decree, to pray to any God, or ask a petition of any man save of the King, in thirty days: now had he done this he had denied the true God, and acknowledged Nebuchadnezzar to be God; the thing he had to profess was higher than the sacrifice, it was a duty of the first commandment, a manifestation of God to be the true God, and the case coming thus, who is the God that must be prayed unto? Daniel resolves the case saying, I'll pray to no God but the true God. And surely in this high case, profession is to be made whatever becomes of mercy, yea in a lesser case of sacrifice than this, if it comes to profession, it is turned from a duty of the second Table, to a duty of the first, and must be done as a duty of the first; as thus, Suppose a man be forbid the doing of such a duty which formerly he hath constantly ⟨p. 611⟩performed, and held lawful, and his forbearing of it shall be to them a testimony of his denial of that truth which he formerly held, in such a case he is called to suffer the hardest things that can be, yea life it self, if it come to it, rather than to omit that duty, or to do the least thing that may be, which to the enemies of the truth may interpretatively be a sign of denial, the doing of such a duty against such a command is a witnessing to the truth, and not offering up of sacrifice; it is not always that a man is called to this, but if it ever come to this case, interpretatively to deny a truth of God, then must we suffer, rather than obey in such a thing, though never so small: and this was the case of the Primitive times, they would rather suffer the loss of life, estates and all, than do that which interpretatively should be a profession of the denial of any of the least truth of God.