A77979:531
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 17
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.
Reas. 2 Secondly, Such worship will bring pain and trouble to them in the conclusion.
But this is not the principal thing intended here, but the force of the argument is, Ephraim is joined to Idols, therefore meddle not with him, do not you do as they do. So that when we see people set up false ways of worship in any place, Obs. 4 and they are set upon those false ways of worship, we must take heed of communicating with then in these false ways of worship; But this Note, to enter into it will take up a great deal of time.
But this is not the principal thing intended here, but the force of the argument is, Ephraim is joyned to Idols, therefore meddle not with him, do not you do as they do. So that when we see people set up false waies of worship in any place, Obs. 4 and they are set upon those false waies of worship, we must take heed of communicating with then in these false waies of worship; But this Note, to enter into it will take up a great deal of time.
Let him alone] Demitte eum, Let him go saith God, he is joined to his Idols, let him go. First, This is a speech to Judah, let Expos. 1 Ephraim go saith God to Judah. Ephraim, they indeed are the ten Tribes, the most of the people of the Jews, but yet seeing they set up false worship, let them go, have nothing to do with them, do not converse with them. It is a heavy judgment of God upon a people when the Saints shall let them alone,1 when they shall withdraw from them. If God had any Saints in the world they were in Judah, and saith God to these Saints of his, let Israel alone and withdraw from them have nothing to do with them, though they be your brethren and Country men yet let them alone. Many wicked men they make nothing of this, and say when as Gods people that are the most strict, and holy, and gracious, shall withdraw from them, and as heretofore they went out of the land because they saw it so defiled with superstitious vanities, let them all go say they,