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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 13
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.
Now the Prophet doth instance in that kind of Idolatry that seems to have the most specious show and fairest intention of any thing in the world, and one would have thought that ⟨p. 141⟩there should have been as little evil in that which he instanceth in as in any thing we can imagine. Why what great matter is it they might say? You accuse us for going a whoring from under our God, what is the matter? we offer sacrifice upon mountains, we sacrifice under trees, is that so great a matter? It is sacrifice, and you cannot say but we sacrifice to the true §1God, we do not sacrifice to Idols, why do we go a whoring from God then? Nay the show of this is very specious that they should sacrifice thus upon mountains and under trees, in this they seem to be more devout than Judah was; the people §2of Judah they sacrificed only in one place, they sacrificed only in a Temple, and did as it were confine and limit God to that place, and they sacrificed only upon one Altar; Now say they, we think God worthy of a great deal more than so, we think it is fit to sacrifice unto him every where, in every place, and especially upon mountains, for it is to the high God that we sacrifice, therefore we go to mountains to express the high esteem we have of God.1 Just as the Papists at this day, they will have their Images in every place and their Crosses in every high way as they travail, that by them they may be put in mind of God continually. What a specious show is this? Yet the Lord by the Prophet chargeth them with going a whoring from under their God, and he instanceth in this which they thought they had most plea for.
Now the Prophet doth instance in that kind of Idolatry that seems to have the most specious shew and fairest intention of any thing in the world, and one would have thought that ⟨p. 141⟩there should have been as little evil in that which he instanceth in as in any thing we can imagine. Why what great matter is it they might say? You accuse us for going a whoring from under our God, what is the matter? we offer sacrifice upon mountains, we sacrifice under trees, is that so great a matter? It is sacrifice, and you cannot say but we sacrifice to the true