A77979:1820
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 6
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.
Though they are as hot as an oven, yet they do not run head-long imprudently, but they have will to wait their opportunity: And should nor this be our wisdom in the ways of God, Use not to carry things imprudently? Let not our desires be so eagerly set after any thing but that we can be willing to be without it, or patiently to wait Gods time for it. They are as hot as an oven, and yet not cooled because they have not their desires presently fulfilled: So must we take heed of having our hearts cooled when we have opportunities to further any design we have on foot for God and his Cause: though they had not opportunities to further their plots, yet they waited still and were not discouraged: How many times do people, when God sends but a little famine of the Word amongst them grow cold, and lose all the heat which they had?
Though they are as hot as an oven, yet they do not run head-long imprudently, but they have will to wait their opportunity: And should nor this be our wisdom in the waies of God, Use not to carry things imprudendtly? Let not our desires be so eagerly set after any thing but that we can be willing to be without it, or patiently to wait Gods time for it. They are as hot as an oven, and yet not cooled because they have not their desires presently fulfil'd: So must we take heed of having our hearts cooled when we have opportunities to further any design we have on foot for God and his Cause: though they had not opportunities to further their plots, yet they waited stil and were not discouraged: How many times do people, when God sends but a little famine of the Word amongst them grow cold, and lose all the heat which they had?
And their Baker sleepeth.
1'Tis, as if men which have a common oven, they put fuel into it and let it burn till they go and call their customers together, and when this was done, then they might go and sleep. So the people were leavened. These people by their Bakers were prepared, they had heated their oven, and now they thought they might go to sleep, they might be quiet: