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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.
Lastly, When they so provoke God as that he hath given them up unto a sottish spirit so•• at they shall not understand. Now these people fall deepest. Where all these five are (as they are in many places) surely that people must needs fall. My brethren have we not cause to fear our not understanding at this day in these five degrees?1 And in a great part even in those four Generals, The not-understanding the vain pretences of our adversaries of what our Cavaliers say.
- 1Applic.
First, That they fight for Religion, and they make such and such kind of protestations, and they intend nothing but the liberty of the subject, many people are led away with these pretences and understand not that their design is to bring them under slavery and to take away their Religion. And this want of understanding is like to cause us to fall.
Secondly, People understand not that the worship of God must have the word of God to be the rule, and that the government of the Church must be according to the word. They think what shall be most suitable to the reasons of understanding men that is best. Because men understand not this we are in danger to fall.
Secondly, People understand not that the worship of God must have the word of God to be the rule, and that the government of the Church must be according to the word. They think what shall be most sutable to the reasons of understanding men that is best. Because men understand not this we are in danger to fall.