A77979:741
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 3
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.
Object. But you will say, Doth the mixing of wicked and ungodly men defile the worship of God, or defile others in it? Is the Sacrament of the Lords supper the worse if there be wicked men partake and mix in that worship? Am I the worse for it, or is the Sacrament the worse, is that worship defiled? How may we refer this defilement of Israel to our defilement at this time? Is there any Church in the world but hath wicked ones in it? And will you say that they are defiled and that the worship is defiled because there are wicked ones amongst them? Then we can go no wherein the world but we must be defiled, and the worship must be defiled?
Many men think they have a good argument of this, to say, all Churches are mixed, there is a mixture in the best Churches, therefore if mixtures make the Communion defiled, then all are defiled. It comes fully in my way to speak a word or two of this, and it shall be but a word or two.
Answ, 1 First, I know none living on the earth hold any otherwise but that the best Church in the world may have wicked men creep in amongst them, and be amongst them. Who knows the hearts of men when they come in? and therefore the best Churches may have wicked men amongst them. This (I say) all men do hold; therefore this Objection, Will not there be wicked men in the best Church? can have no strength in it, for there is no man denies it, and therefore they that make it fight with a shadow.