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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 4 › Verse 4
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Secondly (which is employed in the former,) Even private Obs. 2 men, so long as there is any hope, they should strive with their brethren by way of admonition and reprehension to bring them from their sin. We must not say, Are we our brothers keepers? that is the language of a Cain. There is much striving and contending one with another for our own ends; Oh that there were more striving and contending for God and his glory! It is a sign that the Glory of God and the Souls of our Brethren are not precious in our eyes when we can so strive and contend to have our own wills, and though God loseth his Glory, and our Brothers Soul is like to perish, we cannot strive and contend there, not even those that are too too full of strife otherwise.
Secondly (which is imployed in the former,) Even private Obs. 2 men, so long as there is any hope, they should strive with their brethren by way of admonition and reprehension to bring them from their sin. We must not say, Are we our brothers keepers? that is the language of a Cain. There is much striving and contending one with another for our own ends; Oh that there were more striving and contending for God and his glory! It is a sign that the Glory of God and the Souls of our Brethren are not precious in our eyes when we can so strive and contend to have our own wills, and though God loseth his Glory, and our Brothers Soul is like to perish, we cannot strive and contend there, not even those that are too too full of strife otherwise.
Thirdly, It is a great aggravation of sin and a forerunner of destruction to a people, not to regard the strivings, admonitions, Obs. 3 and reprehensions of others. Let no man strive; It is in vain to strive now, (that's the meaning) Indeed so long as there was hope there might be striving, but now they are past striving. This was their height of wickedness that they ⟨p. 70⟩were grown unto, and the fore-runner of that wrath of God that was now ready to fall upon them, because they were now past all reprehension and admonition. I will give you for that two or three notable texts of Scripture to fatten this upon your hearts, that it is a most fearful thing for people to stand out against admonition and reprehension. That place in