A77979:1764
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 3
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.
They make the King glad with their lies. Note:
They make the King glad with their lyes. Note:
Obs. 5 The King is in a sad condition, when his ends and plots must be accomplished by the wickedness of the people. Such are the dispositions of these men, that they will do any thing rather than suffer the least evil of punishment, for saith a Prince, these men they have no conscience left in them to check them; but these precise Puritans they will suffer and die rather than sin against God and wrong their consciences. Now these Priests and their officers (which the Prophet here speaks of,) they would reason thus: If I should cross the Kings mind I should lose my place, and be put out of my office, and suffer a great deal of trouble, and rather than they will run upon these straights they will run upon any design for the ruining of that which crosses them, yea, though it be the worship of God: Oecolampadius saith, that bad Princes are always enemies to to the strict ways of religion, and unto such as are the strictest in those ways, and walk most agreeable to the Word, and are tender in their conscience, fearful to sin against it, these are disregarded and discountenanced; but those that are most wicked they are accounted the best subject•,1 and these they will trust. Therefore where there is no religion, slavery soon follows, that people may be brought to any thing, who have ⟨p. 655⟩lost their religion; but where profession is maintained it will teach men to stand for their liberties, and not to yield against the truth. But what, doth Religion teach men rebellion? doth it deny obedience to Governors? No, by no means, Religion teaches obedience to Governors, and the more religious any man is, the more obedient he will be to lawful Authority, the Gospel commands obedience to Governors, but not to Tyranny, to the wills and humours of men, God never made such difference between men, Religion never teaches disobedience to lawful authority, to such as rule in the Lord, yet this was the case of this people. It follows.