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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 11
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.
Sensuality it is a besotting sin (that is the Note) sensuality either in whoredom or intemperancy in drinking.1 You know how it took away the heart of Solomon 2(who was so wise) as that his wives did turn away his heart from God, and turned him to Idolatry. And so it did Sampson 3who was so strong, when Delilah had first taken his heart then she took away his heart, for you know in the story though she sought his destruction many times, he saw it apparently that she sought his life, to give him up into the hands of the Philistines, yet for all this Samsons heart could not be taken off from Delilah. The Scripture speaks of the sin of lust for this most fully. Prov. 2.19. None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life; None that go unto the whore returneth, or as some would read it interrogatively, do any return that go unto her? It is a rare thing for any one to return whose heart is taken with a whore, or ever to enter into the paths of life. ⟨p. 130⟩The holy Ghost speaks this, make of it what you will. And again 2 Pet. 2.14.4 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; 5when as eyes come to be full of adultery they cannot cease from sin; their hearts are so taken off from all good. And Prov. 23.27 A whore is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit; It is hard to get out of a deep ditch, especially if the mouth be narrow too; those that are got in there are like to Jeremiah that was put in the dungeon where there was no water but filth and mire so that he sunk in the mire; and except the Lord send from Heaven long cords of his mercy, it is unlike they should ever come out but they must die and perish, and how many thousands do die and perish? Nothing ever deadened Davids heart more than that sin of adultery; Psal 51. he cries out Oh establish me with thy free Spirit, as if he should say, Lord I was wont to have more power over temptation, but now I am weak and quickly overcome, Lord stablish me. And as the sin of uncleanness takes the heart away from God and from truth, therefore in that place of Peter verse 18. the professors were assured thorough the lusts of the flesh unto much wantonness, even such as had escaped, virtually escaped the pollutions of the world and from them who live in error; So drunkenness,