A77979:202
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 4
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.
It doth first import thus much unto us in the general,1 That sin cannot be got from men without striving. Such is the perverseness of mens hearts, that they take fast hold of deceit Jer. 8.5. and you cannot get them away without striving; like men in a frenzy, you cannot get them off from that which will mischieve them without struggling with them. When you admonish and reprove men for sin, you must make account aforehand that they will strive with you, struggle with you, yet afterwards perhaps they will bless God for you; If you come indeed at the first you shall have rugged usage, What you come to judge u•, as they said to Lot? Who made you a Ruler? So you have very ill language usually from men at first when they are reproved, yet be not be discouraged, they will bless God for you afterwards, they will say as David unto Abigail, Blessed be God, and blessed be thy advise, and blessed be thou for thy counsel.
It doth first import thus much unto us in the general,1 That sin cannot be got from men without striving. Such is the perversness of mens hearts, that they take fast hold of deceit Jer. 8.5. and you cannot get them away without striving; like men in a frenzie, you cannot get them off from that which will mischieve them without strugling with them. When you admonish and reprove men for sin, you must make account aforehand that they will strive with you, strugle with you, yet afterwards perhaps they will blesse God for you; If you come indeed at the first you shall have rugged usage, What you come to judge u•, as they said to Lot? Who made you a Ruler? So you have very ill language usually from men at first when they are reproved, yet be not be discouraged, they will bless God for you afterwards, they wil say as David unto Abigail, Blessed be God, and blessed be thy advise, and blessed be thou for thy counsel.
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