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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.
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 ⟨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 extreamly defiled by our filthy base and worldly hearts. And then when God shall shew 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!
How will our hearts be overwhelmed with confusion and shame, Use. when apprehending the infiniteness of the glory of the great God, when we shall see how infinitely unworthy all those duties were that we have tendered up unto him of that infinite excellency and Majesty of his, Oh that will make us ashamed. Men think highly of their sacrifices that they tender up unto God because of their parts they show in them, but they do not know with what a God it is they have to do: when the Lord shall show unto us the lustre of his glory and the greatness of his Majesty (as it will appear unto us one day when the glorious appearing of the great God will be) then we shall see how unworthy all our services were of such a God as he is, and that will make us ashamed if we have not been ashamed heretofore; nothing will be more grievous and more confound the hearts of men than to be put to shame for their sacrifices; Oh the miserable perplexity that their hearts will then be put unto!