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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 4 › Verse 2
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.
And this stealing is not only meant of your Pilferers or Robbers by the high way, or such as cut purses, but any wrongful gain that is gotten by way of trade. If I were preaching of this argument at large, much might be said to those that live by a way of trade. But for the present take that one Scripture, Ezek. 28.18. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic. Let Merchants and Tradesmen that have gotten any thing unlawfully, take this text home with them, Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries, by the iniquity of thy traffic. It may be by trafficking unjustly you have gotten such an estate, and you come to Gods sanctuaries as if you were very holy, and no body should suspect you for your false books and gettings that way, God saith in this Text that you defile all the Ordinances by the iniquity of your Traffic. Perhaps you think after you have gotten unjustly, to give somewhat to adorn such a place as this 'tis well enough; but you do defile them.
And this stealing is not only meant of your Pilferers or Robbers by the high way, or such as cut purses, but any wrongful gain that is gotten by way of trade. If I were preaching of this argument at large, much might be said to those that live by a way of trade. But for the present take that one Scripture, Ezek. 28.18. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick. Let Merchants and Tradesmen that have gotten any thing unlawfully, take this text home with them, Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries, by the iniquitie of thy traffick. It may be by trafficking unjustly you have gotten such an estate, and you come to Gods sanctuaries as if you were very holy, and no body should suspect you for your false books and gettings that way, God saith in this Text that you defile all the Ordinances by the iniquitie of your Traffick. Perhaps you think after you have gotten unjustly, to give somewhat to adorn such a place as this 'tis well enough; but you do defile them.
So for all kind of oppression, that is meant by stealing too. Latimer in one of his Sermons before King Edward, saith, that the greatest man in the Kingdom cannot hurt an oppressing man, so as a poor widow may; and with what arms I pray saith he? Can he bring the Judges skin over his ears? The arms are these, the tears of the poor run down from their cheeks and go up to Heaven and there cry for vengeance. So that the text here speaks not of the meanest but of the greatest thieves. Saith Calvin upon the place, those that had the most power by their honour and riches and were oppressors of the people, they are the thieves here spoken of. And