A77979:1656
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 7
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Obs. 3 Mans nature is very weak and unsettled.
Obs. 3 Mans nature is very weak and unsetled.
They like men have transgressed the Covenant. We must not lay too much upon men, for when they are most unfaithful they do but like men, Oh what folly is it in men to forsake the eternal God and run to the creature! We trust our servants in our businesses, and shall we not trust God much more? the Word says, all men are liars; nay, every man in his best estate is vanity. Psal. 62.9. God is our refuge: men of low degree are vanity, men of high degree a lye: if they be laid in the balance, they are lighter than vanity it self.
They like men have transgressed the Covenant. We must not lay too much upon men, for when they are most unfaithful they do but like men, Oh what folly is it in men to forsake the eternal God and run to the creature! We trust our servants in our businesses, and shall we not trust God much more? the Word saies, all men are lyars; nay, every man in his best estate is vanity. Psal. 62.9. God is our refuge: men of low degree are vanity, men of high degree a lye: if they be laid in the ballance, they are lighter than vanity it self.
Obs. 4 The apprehension of our obligations to obey, should keep us within Covenant. Oh never let it be said, that our sins are so strong as to break Covenant, to get our own desires; it is a sign of a most vile wretched spirit, so to desire sin, as to break over this bond of the Covenant; think of this all you that are so easily overtaken with sin; when a temptation comes to any sin, say thus, such a sin I would have and my desires are after it, but did I never Covenant against it? and what, shall I be so wicked as to break my Covenant for it?