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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 15
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.
First, There is more unkindness in the sins of Gods people than there Reas. 1 is in the sins of others. This grieves the Spirit of God, others do provoke God, do anger God, but Gods Saints do grieve his Spirit, for grief is out of love, 1and the more God loves any the more grievous is it unto his heart that they should offend him. The more you love a wife, or a child or a friend, the more doth it go to your heart that such a one should do any thing that might justly offend you.
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Secondly, There is more unfaithfulness in the sins of Gods people Reas. 2 th•n there is in the sins of others, for they have given up themselves unto God in another way than others have done, and the heart of God confideth in them more. What thou my friend that hath eat bread at my table, wilt thou lift up thy heel against me? And Esa. 63.8. I said, they are children that will not lye. God confideth in them, and for them to be unfaithful, for Judah to sin, this goes to the heart of God indeed.
Thirdly, Gods Name is more polluted by the sins of his people than Reas. 3 by the sins of others. Others, wicked ones offend the will of God, but they do not pollute the Name of God so much as his own people do.