A77979:1605
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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If Gods own Worship may be forborne in case of mercy, how much Obs. 7 more mens institutions and inventions? Oh what a vile spirit is there in those men which will not suffer their superstitious vanities to give place to mercy, men must be undone in their bodies and estates rather than their wills be disobeyed; the Prelates faction have confessed themselves, that the Cross, the Surplice, and the rest of that trash were their own institutions; yet Ministers must be silenced, bodies imprisoned, families ⟨p. 616⟩starved, and thousands of souls destroyed rather than their wills should not be fulfilled; Oh the intolerable pride of these men, had they been Gods institutions, yet in this case they might have been forborne, what did these men say in plain English but thus much? Let Christ never be revealed to millions and thousands of souls, rather than these ceremonies shall be omitted or neglected.
If Gods own Worship may be forborn in case of mercy, how much Obs. 7 more mens institutions and inventions? Oh what a vile spirit is there in those men which will not suffer their superstitious vanities to give place to mercy, men must be undone in their bodies and estates rather than their wills be disobeyed; the Prelates faction have confessed themselves, that the Cross, the Surplice, and the rest of that trash were their own institutions; yet Ministers must be silenced, bodies imprisoned, families ⟨p. 616⟩starved, and thousands of souls destroyed rather than their wills should not be fulfi'ld; Oh the intollerable pride of these men, had they been Gods institutions, yet in this case they might have been forborn, what did these men say in plain English but thus much? Let Christ never be revealed to millions and thousands of souls, rather than these ceremonies shall be omitted or neglected.
Obs. 8 If God will have mercy rather than sacrifice, Certainly he will have mercy rather than disputing about sacrifice. Suppose there be a truth in that which is disputed about, yet God in this case will have mercy rather than sacrifice, rather than mercy shall be neglected he will have sacrifice omitted; we have Ordinances and plenty of preaching, but the Lord knows how soon we may be deprived of them, let us not dispute and wrangle away our mercy.