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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 1
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 a vain thing for thee to stand out striving with this great God. Job 40.2. Shall he that commendeth with the Almighty instruct him? So it is translated in your books, but according to the words in the Hebrew, and so translated by Pagnin and others, Is there any wisdom, or any learning in contending with God? any knowledge showed in that? No certainly there is no knowledge, no wisdom, no learning in contending with the Almighty: Our greatest wisdom is to fall down, to be humbled before the Lord. The Lord hath appointed a certain period for thy coming in to make up thy peace with him, to satisfy him; if thou neglectest that time thou art lost, undone for ever.
It is a vain thing for thee to stand out striving with this great God. Job 40.2. Shall he that comendeth with the Almighty instruct him? So it is translated in your books, but according to the words in the Hebrew, and so translated by Pagnin and others, Is there any wisdom, or any learning in contending with God? any knowledge shewed in that? No certainly there is no knowledge, no wisdome, no learning in contending with the Almighty: Our greatest wisdome is to fall down, to be humbled before the Lord. The Lord hath appointed a certain period for thy coming in to make up thy peace with him, to satisfie him; if thou neglectest that time thou art lost, undone for ever.
My brethren this is no time to have any controversy with God, to stand out against him in ways of enmity. It is time now when such blackness of darkness is upon us even storms of blood hang over our heads, It is time now (I say) ⟨p. 7⟩however, to be at peace with Heaven, to make our peace with God. Job. 36.18. There is wrath, beware therefore that he take thee not away with his stroke. The Lord is come forth from his place, he is pleading his cause, and now in the ways of his administration he declares that he will have glory from his creature, he hath sworn by Himself and the word hath gone out of his mouth in righteousness that every knee must bow to him and every tongue confess his Name, he seems now to resolve he will have it so indeed, he will have all to bow before him. It is no time therefore now for us to have controversies with God, to have controversies with God and man both, with Heaven, and Earth, and Hell, and with our own consciences and all. What shall become us? Be not thou a terror O Lord unto me (saith Jeremiah) for thou art my hope in the day of evil. If God be a terror, and the days be evil,