A77979:542
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.
First, This is a testimony of very great disrespect in God of Reas. 1 his creatures, in this, that he accounts them not worthy of any further meddling with, he loves them not so well as to meddle any further with them; it is a sign I say of great disrespect of God unto them, as if God should say, well there are others indeed that are ill enough, that are very great sinners, but I have mercy for them, I intend to draw them to my self, I intend to show them th• evil of their ways and to turn them to me that they may be saved, but as for these I have nothing to do with them saith God, I have no mercy for them, let them alone, let them shift for themselves as well as they can.
First, This is a testimony of very great disrespect in God of Reas. 1 his creatures, in this, that he accounts them not worthy of any further medling with, he loves them not so well as to meddle any further with them; it is a sign I say of great disrespect of God unto them, as if God should say, well there are others indeed that are ill enough, that are very great sinners, but I have mercy for them, I intend to draw them to my self, I intend to shew them th• evil of their waies and to turn them to me that they may be saved, but as for these I have nothing to do with them saith God, I have no mercy for them, let them alone, let them shift for themselves as well as they can.
Secondly, The evil is great, because they are then let alone Reas. 2 when they are going a pace unto misery. To let a man alone when he is at home in his house and all things convenient about him, is not so much,1 but if you should see a man in a mad humour running to the water to drown himself, and then to let him alone this were a great judgment. Though when a man walks in the street in an ordinary way no man will meddle with him but let him alone, but if you should see a man ⟨p. 208⟩