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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
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 5 › Verse 4
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.
1Fifthly, What light they have they will not use that, so as to do the outward acts that that light doth direct to do, and what they have power to do; As, not to break off gross offences, such things as they cannot possibly but see to be evil. As a people though they cannot fully turn unto God presently, yet there are some things that are so gross that they cannot possibly but see they are evil: saith God, they will not so much as break off from that; though they have power to reform that which they are convinced to be evil, but saith he, they will not improve that light which they have, what should they have more light for?
1Fiftly, What light they have they will not use that, so as to do the outward acts that that light doth direct to do, and what they have power to do; As, not to break off gross offences, such things as they cannot possibly but see to be evil. As a people though they cannot fully turn unto God presently, yet there are some things that are so gross that they cannot possibly but see they are evil: saith God, they will not so much as break off from that; though they have power to reform that which they are convinced to be evil, but saith he, they will not improve that light which they have, what should they have more light for?
- 15. Use the light and power they have in outward acts.
1Sixthly, They will not join with the work of God; When he is in his way toward them, when he himself is about to frame them, when he hath them in his hand they will oppose Gods work, they will not join with it to frame themselves to turn unto God. Therefore in 2 Chron. 30.8. Hezekiah exhorteth the Priests and the people, that they should not be stiffnecked, but yield themselves unto the Lord; mark, the yielding of themselves unto the Lord, is contrary to stiffneckedness. But now this people are stiffnecked, they will not yield themselves unto the Lord, though the Lord by his gracious works toward them be a framing of them to turn them unto himself, they oppose Gods work, they riggle and keep a stir and stand out against it: