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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 12
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.
For the spirit of whoredoms.] Some would have it thus, that §1look as there are particular sins, so there are particular Devils §1to attend upon them; As there is a devil especially to attend upon Idolatry, another to attend upon whoredom, another upon drunkenness, another upon envy, another upon pride, another upon passion and the like; and so the spirit of whoredom that is (say they) that devil that especially attended upon this sin caused them to err. But I think this not to be the scope, §2but this rather, the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, the spirit, that is, that impetus of spirit that was in them; there is an impetus an ardency, a vigour, an activity of their spirits to such a kind of sinful way, it is that which hath carried them on and caused them to err. The Scripture oft speaks of several sorts of spirits, as sometimes the spirit of perverseness, Esa. 19.14. it is translated in your books, a perverse spirit, but the words are Spiritus perversitatum, a spirit of perverseness, there is an impetus of spirit that hath caused Egypt to err in every work thereof. So the spirit of uncleanness Zech. 13.2. it is translated in your books the unclean spirit, but it is [Greek or Hebrew] the spirit of ⟨p. 136⟩defilements or uncleanness, so the spirits of lying, 1 King. 22.22. the spirit of error, 1 John, 4.6. He that knoweth God heareth us, he that is not of God heareth not us, hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of error, that is, there is an Impetus, a strength of spirit that carries men on unto such an erroneous way. Use. And the consideration of that will be of marvellous use unto us. Let us look to our spirits my brethren,1 and consider what spirit we are of, especially when we are carried with an Impetus of spirit to a thing, that is, when we find an eagerness of spirit that way, to such a thing we would fain have, let us then take heed to our selves: when you find I lay your spirits very eagerly and strongly set upon such a thing, examine then what spirit you are of, that it be not a spirit of lust, of envy, of malice, as sometimes there is in mens hearts when they are carried with a more than ordinary strength after such a way. There is many people when they find themselves carried on with such an impetus, and ardency, and fervency, they cannot endure that any body should cross them in it, no, but they must have it;