A77979:1748
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 7 › 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.
1It is a good thing to be often speaking to our own hearts, thus: Oh my soul, how is it with thee? what case art thou in? how stand things between God and thee? what terms standest thou in for eternity? canst thou look upon Gods face with comfort and not be afraid? what guilt is there in thy conscience? canst thou behold eternity and rejoice in the thoughts of it? Such meditations and questionings as these would be very profitable for the soul; Many people can talk abroad in company of these things, but where is the man that sets apart time to question with his soul about these? Ps. 4.4. Stand in awe, and sin not, commune with your own hearts upon your bed, and be still: There are in the soul many times boisterous distempers, but then we should cause a silence and a calm in our hearts, bid them be still; there are great distemper• in that family where the husband and the wife go two or three days together and speak not one to another; so there is no less distemper in that soul which can go two or three days without questioning it self and examining its condition:2 But what is it they should speak? This,
1It is a good thing to be often speaking to our own hearts, thus: Oh my soul, how is it with thee? what case art thou in? how stand things between God and thee? what terms standest thou in for eternity? canst thou look upon Gods face with comfort and not be afraid? what guilt is there in thy conscience? canst thou behold eternity and rejoyce in the thoughts of it? Such meditations and questionings as these would be very profitable for the soul; Many people can talk abroad in company of these things, but where is the man that sets apart time to question with his soul about these? Ps. 4.4. Stand in awe, and sin not, commune with your own hearts upon your bed, and be still: There are in the soul many times boisterous distempers, but then we should cause a silence and a calm in our hearts, bid them be still; there are great distemper• in that familie where the husband and the wife go two or three daies together and speak not one to another; so there is no less distemper in that soul which can go two or three daies without questioning it self and examining its condition: