A77979:1769
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 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.
Or thus: By denying whatsoever may hinder them in their Expos. 3 false worship. If the Prince should by any means hear that his Commands were not like to take with the people, and so he lose his ends, they would boldly come and affirm it to the contrary; or if they had an ill success, they would deny it, and say, they had none, it was but a slander which was put upon them by these factious Puritans; they would make •he Princes believe they had good success when their designs were crossed and put back.
Or thus: By denying whats••er may hinder them in their Expos. 3 false worship. If the Prince should by any means hear that his Commands were not like to take with the people, and so he lose his ends, they would boldly come and affirm it to the contrary; or if they had an ill successe, they would deny it, and say, they had none, it was but a slander which was put upon them by these factious Puritans; they would make •he Princes beleeve they had good succes when their designs were crost and put back.
But principally they made the King glad with their lye• Expos. 4 by raising slanders and il reports upon the names and pe•• […] of those which might stand in the way to cro••e and […] them, they blasted such men as were in credit in the eyes o• […] ⟨p. 656⟩people; and those in authority loved this at the heart, this was mighty pleasing in the eyes of the Princes; and this certainly was the plot of the Priests who at that time were enemies to the true worship of God.
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