A77979:722
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 5 › Verse 3
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Use. 2 And then, O the patience of the infinite God, that notwithstanding he sees what villainy there is in the world, coloured over with Religious protestations and professions, yet •he bears with them. I know saith he, I know what all their ends are, what they aim at, and what they would have if once they get the day; yet I see that they colour and cover all these vile ends of theirs with such protestations of Religion and of setting up the profession of it.1 Oh the infinite patience of God that can bear with men that colour such vile aims and ends with protestations and professions of Religion in such a sacred way as they seem to do! Here is the patience of God that we must admire at.
Use. 2 And then, O the patience of the infinite God, that notwithstanding he sees what villany there is in the world, colored over with Religious protestations and professions, yet •he bears with them. I know saith he, I know what all their ends are, what they aim at, and what they would have if once they get the day; yet I see that they colour and cover all these vile ends of theirs with such protestations of Religion and of setting up the profession of it.1 Oh the infinite patience of God that can bear with men that colour such vile aims and ends with protestations and professions of Religion in such a sacred way as they seem to do! Here is the patience of God that we must admire at.
- 1Patience of God.
Use. 3 Again, God knows all the hearts and secret aims of men; Let us pray unto God to make our own hearts known to our selves. He knows them, and except we be upright in that, to be willing to know our own hearts, and unfeignedly to desire God that he would show us our own hearts, we possibly after many duties performed may come to perish for some secret sin that we do not know our selves. I say, it is possible for a man or woman to go on a long time in the profession of Religion and to make conscience of all known duties, yet to perish at last for some sin that he doth not know in himself.