A77979:1906
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 14
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.
VER. 14. And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
AND they have not cried unto me] The Seventy have it thus:1 Their hearts have not cried to me. Where we may see, that it is not enough to cry with with the mouth, except the heart cry as well as the mouth. We read of Moses, who though he spake not a word that is expressed in the text, yet it is said, he prayed: It is the working of the heart that is the heart of prayer.2 Therefore when Elijah prayed, 'tis said, he prayed in praying, Jam. 5.17. And by this we see the great difference there is in praying; Heart-prayer pleaseth God. A work-man which wants words to express himself, yet may be able to perform his business very well in Gods account; so he that is able to express himself in fine language, eloquent sentences, and multitudes of words, may yet not pray at all: therefore when you pray look that your hearts go along with the duty, otherwise, your cries will be but as their prayers here in the text, which are called howlings, and that in these four respects.3
AND they have not cried unto me] The Seventy have it thus:1