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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 4 › Verse 6
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.
And I will reject you.] The word here translated reject, that is for despising,1 it hath a letter in it more than it hath in any other place in all the scripture. It is a Note of Tremelius from thence, there is a letter in this word in the Hebrew that is redundant, that is beyond the ordinary form of it, and this is his note upon it in his Comment upon this Text, It noteth saith he, the extraordinary manner of Gods rejecting them,2 he will cast them out of the hearts of his people; as he doth apostate Ministers, above all others God casts out apostate Ministers out of the hearts of people: There is a peculiar way of Gods rejecting wicked Ministers, an extraordinary way,3 more than despising and rejecting any other, and there is that shame and contempt cast upon them more than any in the world; That is his note upon this; he will reject them with contempt: Yea for ever. You heard before in Luk. 6. that Christ pronounced his Disciples, faithful preachers, blessed when their names were call out as evil, when they were vilified by men. But now mark, when a Minister goes on faithfully in declaring the mind of God unto people, and there be shame cast upon him, blessed be that Minister; but if the Minister be wicked and there be shame cast upon him, that shame is a part of the curse, for then he is cast out as unsavoury salt and men tread upon it says Christ. Wicked men would cast out the godly, but God and Gods Saint• they embrace them, and they bless God for them; but if you be wicked and men cast you out as unsavoury salt, then men contemn you, then you are trodden upon. Yea so rejected as never to be received again. Ezek. 44.13. the Priests there that did forsake the Lord when Israel forsook him, most never again come near unto God, no not so much as near unto the Priests Office. A notable text that concerns you to know for your direction about receiving in wicked persons that have been wicked in ill times. Perhaps now they preach good Sermons, but you are to enquire what they were when others were superstitious and evil; and although we are not utterly to reject them,