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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 10
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.
Some would carry these words, They shall still grow worse and worse in eating the sin of my people, and so would refer to the eating of the sin of the people in that sense you heard before, that is, they shall never think they have advantage enough from the sin of the people; they desire the sin of the people for their own advantage, well, they shall eat their sin in that respect, but they shall never have enough, they shall never be satisfied, but still desire that people may sin more and more that they may have more advantage by their sacrifices.
Some would carry these words, They shall still grow worse and worse in eating the sin of my people, and so would refer to the eating of the sin of the people in that sense you heard before, that is, they shall never think they have advantage enough from the sin of the people; they desire the sin of the people for their own advantage, wel, they shal eat their sin in that respect, but they shall never have enough, they shall never be satisfied, but still desire that people may sin more and more that they may have more advantage by their sacrifices.
But I rather take it thus, more plainly according to the words, They shall eat and not have enough, howsoever they think to provide for themselves by that which they get in such a base sinful way, yet they shall find no satisfaction unto themselves in i•, they shall be deceived. The truth is, if they should find satisfaction, it were a great matter, seeing they shall come to answer for it after wards; but they shall not only be judged for it afterwards, but for the present they shall find no satisfaction in that that they promised unto themselves satisfaction in, They will get an estate perhaps, get money and get riches this way, and be brave in the world, but I will curse that which they have got. Take goods that are lawfully got yet there is a vanity in them, a vanity in goods got by good means, though we have them we cannot enjoy them except God give us to enjoy them, God is the God of all ⟨p. 123⟩consolation, it is the mercy and goodness of God conveyed thorough creatures that can bring any comfort in the use of them. If a man should think to fill his belly with wind, it were a poor satisfaction; but it were worse it he should open his mouth to fill his belly with air infected with the plague: When thou thinkest to satisfy thy self with goods never so well got, it is but opening thy mouth to the wind, but when thou thinkest to satisfy thy self with goods unlawfully got, it is opening thy mouth to draw in pestilential air, there is no satisfaction there. Ecceles. 5.10. He that desires silver shall not be satisfied with it. Howsoever men think with themselves if they had such an estate what brave lives should they live; but when they have it they find it otherwise. Those that hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be satisfied, but they that hunger and thirst after any thing in the world they shall find it to be an empty thing unto them. It is true, there is a kind of satisfaction that God gives sometimes unto wicked men, but it is a cursed satisfaction, a fearful judgment of God.