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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 15
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Thirdly, Judah was not compelled by her Governors to Reas. 3 do so as Israel, for Israel you know by Jeroboam and other of the Princes was compelled to do what they did, and they might ⟨p. 176⟩pretend that it was for their own safety, to save their lives and to save their estates: but there was no such necessity for Judah to do it, for God many times sent godly and gracious Princes to Judah, and there was not such ways there to compel them, they were not so necessitated to that way of false worship as Israel was, (if we may call it any necessity to that which is evil.1) When people have liberty and are not forced but God doth give them liberty that they need not (except they will) be Idolaters, yet for them to close with ways of Idolatry and superstition, when they need not, this is more sinful. It is true, heretofore there might have been some excuse, we were forced to it, it was as much as our estates were worth, we must have been cast into prison and persecuted, and that made us do that we did. The Lord be merciful to us for that we rather than we would suffer would join in those superstitious ways that were amongst us. But now thorough Gods mercy we are delivered from that bondage, we are not so compelled, yet that now for all this our hearts should yet cleave to those old superstitious ways, this makes our sin so much the greater.
Thirdly, Judah was not compell'd by her Governours to Reas. 3 do so as Israel, for Israel you know by Jeroboam and other of the Princes was compeld to do what they did, and they might ⟨p. 176⟩pretend that it was for their own safety, to save their lives and to save their estates: but there was no such necessity for Judah to do it, for God many times sent godly and gracious Princes to Judah, and there was not such waies there to compel them, they were not so necessitated to that way of false worship as Israel was, (if we may call it any necessity to that which is evil.1) When people have liberty and are not forced but God doth give them liberty that they need not (except they will) be Idolaters, yet for them to close with waies of Idolatry and superstition, when they need not, this is more sinful. It is true, heretofore there might have been some excuse, we were forced to it, it was as much as our estates were worth, we must have been cast into prison and persecuted, and that made us do that we did. The Lord be merciful to us for that we rather than we would suffer would joyn in those superstitious waies that were amongst us. But now thorough Gods mercy we are delivered from that bondage, we are not so compel'd, yet that now for all this our hearts should yet cleave to those old superstitious waies, this makes our sin so much the greater.