A77979:1911
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 14
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They were howlings in regard of their distempered and unquiet spirits; they were in their spirits very turbulent ⟨p. 689⟩and unquiet in their lives, and froward in their carriage in prayer. Even thus it is with many in trouble of conscience, they are very boisterous and make troublesome noises, the shallowest waters makes the greatest noise, but the deepest rivers run the stillest; so those that have the deepest sense of sin, and are kindly troubled for it, are quiet, still and submissive under Gods hand, and certainly such a boisterousness of spirit under the sense of sin, is not from the Spirit, although there may be some legal terrors, but when God hath subdued the heart to himself, the heart will seek earnestly for mercy, and yet in a quiet humble way.
They were howlings in regard of their distempered and unquiet spirits; they were in their spirits very turbulent ⟨p. 689⟩and unquiet in their lives, and froward in their carriage in prayer. Even thus it is with many in trouble of conscience, they are very boisterous and make troublesom noises, the shallowest waters makes the greatest noise, but the deepest rivers run the stillest; so those that have the deepest sence of sin, and are kindly troubled for it, are quiet, still and submissive under Gods hand, and certainly such a boisterousness of spirit under the sence of sin, is not from the Spirit, although there may be some legal terrors, but when God hath subdued the heart to himself, the heart will seek earnestly for mercy, and yet in a quiet humble way.
They howled upon their beds in regard of their pain. §3The brute beasts in their pain and trouble will cry out and roar: even thus did these men here, the extremity of the misery they were in forced howling from them. There are no men cry more out of judgments when they are executed, than those that were least sensible of them when they were threatened. Carnal hearts cry out altogether of the misery of the times, the judgment it is that troubles them, more than the sin the procurer of them. See this between Pharaoh and David, Saul and David: Saul cries, he cries to Samuel, saying, I have sinned, and done foolishly, yet honour me I pray thee, before the people. David he confesseth his sin and accepts of the punishment of his iniquity, Lord, 'tis I that have sinned, as for these sheep, what have they done? Pharaoh he cries to Moses that he would pray to God to deliver him from the plagues that were upon him. David he cries to God, Lord take away the iniquity of thy servant. If iniquity be done away, judgment will soon be removed, sin being the cause of all misery.