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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.
as when a man will go on in his own ways and he suffers much for it, we say, what have you not enough of it, enough of such a course, so he shall be satisfied, he shall have enough of his ways, that is he shall find such plagues and miseries that follow them as he shall be satisfied, he shall be filled with them. It is spoken of an Apostate, a backslider in heart, one that will apostatise from God and think to provide for himself better in the ways of his Apostasy, he shall be satisfied but it shall be with his own ways.
as when a man will go on in his own waies and he suffers much for it, we say, what have you not enough of it, enough of such a course, so he shall be satisfied, he shall have enough of his waies, that is he shall find such plagues and miseries that follow them as he shall be satisfied, he shall be filled with them. It is spoken of an Apostate, a backslider in heart, one that will apostatise from God and think to provide for himself better in the waies of his Apostasie, he shall be satisfied but it shall be with his own waies.
And they shall commit whoredom and shall not increase.
And they shall commit whoredome and shall not encrease.
If we understand this of bodily whoredom, then the sense must carry it thus, that God will cross them in that, even in the way of their whoredom, they shall commit whoredom and not increase. You will say what great judgment is that, Whoremasters do not care for increasing? It is true now whoremasters do not desire increase, only to satisfy their lusts, ⟨p. 124⟩and in this thing they resemble evil and wicked Ministers as much as in any thing;