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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.
They break out.] Erumpunt; That is, like the eruption of waters; As waters break over the banks wh•n it hath been kept in a while, so they break out thus, they overflow all bounds. When sin is not mortified, though it be restrained for a while, it will break out: As many young men that have lived in good families and have had good governors, then their sin was restrained, but afterward when they come to live at their own hand then they break out, Erumpunt then; sin groweth to that strength that nothing can restrain it, like that man that had an unclean spirit and lived among the ⟨p. 60⟩graves (Mark, 5.) no man could bind him no not with chains.
They break out.] Erumpunt; That is, like the erruption of waters; As waters break over the banks wh•n it hath been kept in a while, so they break out thus, they overflow all bounds. When sin is not mortified, though it be restrained for a while, it will break out: As many young men that have lived in good families and have had good governours, then their sin was restrained, but afterward when they come to live at their own hand then they break out, Erumpunt then; sin groweth to that strength that nothing can res•rain it, like that man that had an unclean spirit and lived among the ⟨p. 60⟩graves (Mark, 5.) no man could bind him no not with chains.
Secondly, Breaking out is a great aggravation of a mans sin. It argueth strength in sin, impudency in sin, desperateness in sin. And this breaking out of sin is not breaking out only as water in an overflowing time or tide or so, but like breaking out of the fire indeed rather, or if you will like water breaking out of some fountain; now you know if a water break out of a fountain, there is not the less water in the fountain, but rather an increase of it. And as the fire when it breaks out, the breaking out makes it not less but more, as when an house is on fire it will keep in a long while, but when it breaks out at the roof or so then it flames the more and increaseth with more violence; So it is no diminution to sin that it breaks out, as many foolish people are ready to say, that will speak horrible wickedly in their passion, I will let it go, as good out as in; they foolishly think there is so much less corruption within, and that is a diminution of sin, but it is an aggravation of sin, and noteth impudence in sin.