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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.
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,1 what will become of us? It is time to fall down and make peace with God.
My brethren this is no time to have any controversie with God, to stand out against him in waies 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 waies 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 confesse 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 daies be evil,