A77979:472
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.
Yea, the Saints of God they are the very salt of the earth, the very light of the world, they are those for whose sake God continueth the world in that way he doth, they are the supporters of all, and if they depart from God also what will become of the world?
Reas. 5 Fifthly, As the sins of the Saints go nearer the heart of God than the sins of others, so they go nearer to the heart of the Saints. The sin of one Saint goes nearer the heart of another Saint than the sin of any other man doth. Offences of brethren amongst brethren they are the greatest of all. As Sampson said to those that came to bind him,1 do not you bind me, I care not for the Philistines so much, only do you not bind me: so all the railings and persecutions of ungodly men are not so much as the unkindness of the Saints. Unkindnesses from such as we look upon as godly, go nearer to the heart of those that are godly than all the railings and persecutions of ungodly men. If others of the Saints, such as are godly, should suffer opposition, yea if it should come to this that they should suffer persecution from such as they look upon as godly, Oh how would that cut their hearts! Their complaints to their father of this would be sore complaints indeed.
Reas. 5 Fiftly, As the sins of the Saints go neerer the heart of God than the sins of others, so they go neerer to the heart of the Saints. The sin of one Saint goes neerer the heart of another Saint than the sin of any other man doth. Offences of brethren amongst brethren they are the greatest of all. As Sampson said to those that came to bind him,1 do not you bind me, I care not for the Philistines so much, only do you not bind me: so all the railings and persecutions of ungodly men are not so much as the unkindness of the Saints. Unkindnesses from such as we look upon as godly, go neerer to the heart of those that are godly than all the railings and persecutions of ungodly men. If others of the Saints, such as are godly, should suffer opposition, yea if it should come to this that they should suffer persecution from such as they look upon as godly, Oh how would that cut their hearts! Their complaints to their father of this would be sore complaints indeed.