A77979:1948
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 16
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.
A bow is deceitful when it carries the arrow the wrong §2way though the Archer see the mark, and aim at it, yet it carries quite contrary. Just thus did these people, many of them had good aims and intentions, and purposes, but yet they carried the matter quite contrary; these words refer unto Jehu's time, he was a notorious deceitful bow; Come, see my zeal for the Lord, yet an hypocrite. Oh let us look to our hearts, there may be secret warpings in our hearts which may cause us to miscarry for ever, if we take not heed; many who have good intentions, good purposes, aims and desires, and yet have some secret warping which they know not of,1 which may make them miscarry to all eternity. A man may with a deceitful bow aim at a beast, and yet kill a man; so many may think they strike at sin, and yet with that very goad may at the same time wound the Saints. It follows.
A bow is deceitful when it carries the arrow the wrong §2way though the Archer see the mark, and aim at it, yet it carries quite contrary. Just thus did these people, many of them had good aims and intentions, and purposes, but yet they carried the matter quite contrary; these words refer unto Jehu's time, he was a notorious deceitful bow; Come, see my zeal for the Lord, yet an hypocrit. Oh let us look to our hearts, there may be secret warpings in our hearts which may cause us to miscarry for ever, if we take not heed; many who have good intentions, good purposes, aims and desires, and yet have some secret warping which they know not of,1 which may make them miscarry to all eternity. A man may with a deceitful bow aim at a beast, and yet kill a man; so many may think they strike at sin, and yet with that very goad may at the same time wound the Saints. It follows.
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