A77979:705
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 5 › Verse 2
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.
It is too much […] stan• out against Gods commands;1 but to stand out against any intimation of God displeasure, is a greater evil. God expects that the heart of sinners should mel• before him upon an• expression of his displeasure: And it was the commendation of JOSIAH, That when the LAW was read, his •ear• melted; And indeed an ingenious spirit is soon rebuked. But when the heart of a sinner is got above all rebukes then it hardeneth exceedingly ⟨p. 364⟩and then it treasureth up wrath against the day of wrath. We our selves cannot bear it in others to standout against our rebukes, we cannot bear it in a child or in a servant; if we rebuke a child or a servant, and they care not for it, and their spirits rise against it, how do we hate such, how do our spirits rise up against them? Nay if we rebuke a dog and the dog cares not for it, we cannot bear it. How shall the Infinite God bear our slighting of his rebuke.
It is too much 〈…〉 stan• out agai•st Gods commands;1 but to stand out against any intimation of God displeasure, is a greater evil. God expects that the heart of sinners should mel• before him upon an• expression of his displeasure: And it was the commendation of JOSIAH, That when the LAW was read, his •ear• melted; And indeed an ingenious spirit is soon rebuked. But when the heart of a sinner is got above all rebukes then it hardneth exceedingly ⟨p. 364⟩