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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 13
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where when he is commended for loving the Lord and walking in the Statutes of David his father at first, yet the text saith, Only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. And amongst other high places we re•de in 2 Chron. 1.2. that Solomon went to Gibeon, that was a great high place. And though some excuse him because it is said the Tabernacle was there therefore he might go to Gibeon that great high place to sacrifice yet for all that Austin in his Questions upon Judges he thinketh Solomon is to be blamed though the Tabernacle was there,1 for he it seems sacrificed in other high places besides, and though the Tabernacle was there yet it seems he put a more than ordinary respect upon that high place, wherefore else is it called the great high place? and he went there not only for the sake of the Tabernacle, but became it was that great high place, therefore he is to be blamed. So that we may go to Gods Ordinances, but if we do go to the Ordinances of God where yet there are other mixtures, and we do the rather go and esteem of them because there is some addition of mans inventions,2 this is a sin against God. And further, this is observable, though Solomon were blamable for going unto that high place though the Tabernacle were there, having some more than ordinary respect unto that high place, yet we find that God revealed himself unto Solomon in a wonderful gracious manner even in that place, and bad Solomon ask what he would. Solomon had very gracious manifestations of God unto him when he went to that high place though there was evil in it and he put more respect upon it than he should: So certainly many of Gods people have found God so far indulge them that though sometimes they have been in the use of Ordinances where there hath been such mixtures as they have sinned against God, that Ordinance hath been polluted unto them by those mixtures, yet […] Lord hath been so gracious unto them that he hath accepted of the uprightness of their hearts, and they have had many sweet manifestations of God unto them even in these Ordinances: they can remember those times when they have been at Sacrament, and they ⟨p. 145⟩