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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
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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.
Obs. 3 Again, In all our duties performed with a carnal heart there are many mixtures of our own base ends. We seem to draw near unto God, and we would honour and worship God, Oh but the hypocrisy of our hearts! what vile and base ends are there, to give content to this and the other, to set forth our parts and abilities in services; these things have been plain before God, and except we be ashamed of them now and repent and get them pardoned in Christ, God will set all our base ends before Angels and men together with our sacrifices, and shall we not then be ashamed of our sacrifices?
Obs. 3 Again, In al our duties performed with a carnal heart there are many mixtures of our own base ends. We seem to draw near unto God, and we would honor and worship God, Oh but the hypocrisie of our hearts! what vile and base ends are there, to give content to this and the other, to set forth our parts and abilities in services; these things have been plain before God, and except we be ashamed of them now and repent and get them pardoned in Christ, God will set all our base ends before Angels and men together with our sacrifices, and shall we not then be ashamed of our sacrifices?
Obs. 4 Again, How foul and vile have our hearts been in our services, and how have our sacrifices been defiled with them! Not ⟨p. 333⟩only by actual sin mixed with them, by base thoughts and ends, but our services have come from unclean hearts, we have had very filthy and unclean hearts, our hearts have been as sties and sinks of evil, and it is impossible that out of such unclean hearts there can come any thing that is clean; our sacrifices have been extremely defiled by our filthy base and worldly hearts. And then when God shall show the infinite holiness of his Majesty and how infinite just and righteous he is, and how infinitely worthy of other manner of sacrifices than ever we have tendered up unto him, Oh then how shall we be ashamed!
Obs. 4 Again, How foul and vile have our hearts been in our services, and how have our sacrifices been defiled with them! Not