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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 19
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.
God may justly leave them to such ways as that they shall cast themselves in a great measure out of the hearts of the Saints because he doth not delight to use them in any special service and so their shame shall stick upon them while they live; and the more honour they seek the more shame will God certainly cast upon them. Jer. 3.25. saith the Church there, We lie down in our shame: Oh there is cause that such men should lie down in their shame, those that are of discerning spirits, and observe the ways of men and the ways of God, they cannot but see that those men should lie down in their shame, for so long as yielding to superstitious vanities and submission to false power was useful to them to save their estates, their liberties and livings, they would yield and they would submit, and then their judgments alter when times alter, when other ways come to be countenanced publicly then they are of other judgments than they were before: so long as they could not make use of another way they were not of that judgment; now when they can make use of it, and there is more countenancing of it, how soon is their judgment altered? yea and so altered as presently to grow even bitter against their brethren of another judgment.1 Surely a great deal more cause there is that they and we, all of us, should take shame to our selves, lie down in our shame a while and so carry things in all humility in all meekness, in suspicion of our selves and of our own judgments in love to our brethren, remembering that we our selves were of another judgement and opinion not long since; And therefore our hearts (I say) should be very low and gentle and very tender and meek even toward all with whom we have to do.
God may justly leave them to such waies as that they shall cast themselves in a great measure out of the hearts of the Saints because he doth not delight to use them in any special service and so their shame shal stick upon them while they live; and the more honor they seek the more shame will God certainly cast upon them. Jer. 3.25. saith the Church there, We lie down in our shame: Oh there is cause that such men should lie down in their shame, those that are of discerning spirits, and observe the waies of men and the waies of God, they cannot but see that those men should lie down in their shame, for so long as yeilding to superstitious vanities and submission to false power was useful to them to save their estates, their liberties and livings, they would yeild and they would submit, and then their judgments alter when times alter, when other waies come to be countenanced publickly then they are of other judgments than they were before: so long as they could not make use of another way they were not of that judgment; now when they can make use of it, and there is more countenancing of it, how soon is their judgment altered? yea and so altered as presently to grow even bitter against their brethren of another judgment.