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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 14
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.
Hierom hath this Note upon these words,1 when thou seest saith he a sinner flow wth wealth, when thou seest him boasting and braving of his power, when thou seest him very healthful and hail and have a lusty body, when thou seest him delighting in his wife, when thou seest him to have a company of brave children, bravely arrayed, then say the threatening of God by the Prophet Hosea is fulfilled upon that man.
Hierom hath this Note upon these words,1 when thou seest saith he a sinner flow wth wealth, when thou seest him boasting and braving of his power, when thou seest him very healthful and hail and have a lusty body, when thou seest him delighting in his wife, when thou seest him to have a company of brave children, bravely arraied, then say the threatning of God by the Prophet Hosea is fulfilled upon that man.
- 1Hierom Quando videris peccatorem divitijs affluentem jactare see potentia & sanitate abundare delectare conjuge coronâ circundare liberorum, dic in illum comminationem compleri.Hierom Quando videris peccatorem divitijs affluentem jactare se potentia & sanitate abundare delectare conjuge coronâ circundare liberorum, dic in illum comminationem compleri.
Thy judgment is very great in this, for the less punishment thou hast now the more thou art like to have hereafter. The less punishment the more sin and so the more misery. Know that Justice will have somewhat and much too for the forbearance of her act, of her stroke, and certainly it were better for thee that art a wicked and ungodly man that thou shouldest beg thy bread from door to door. Perhaps now thou hast much coming in, thou liest soft and farest daintily, while others are put to miserable extremities and have scarce a rag to cover them, or a bit of bread to put in their bodies, and in cold weather have no fire to warm them, and yet thou art ungodly and wicked, know that it were better for thee, and thou wilt one day say it and wish it thy self, that thou hadst been in such a case as the poor beggar that hath begged a farthing at thy door, and it is Gods wrath upon thee that thou art not now as miserable as they. Let us therefore stop the troubles of our thoughts in this, we see the wicked how they prosper in the world and how vile men are exalted, and though they undertake causes that we know are abominable in the eyes of God, and we know their ways are loathsome