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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 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.
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:2 Just as when you have a child that you would fain frame to such a gesture, and you take him and put him into such a way; but now he is so far from doing of it, that he riggles up and down and will not suffer you to frame him; ⟨p. 379⟩why faith God, I have been a framing of them my self, I have not only shown them what they should do, but my works have been so toward them, that I have been framing them, but they are stiffnecked, they will not be framed, they will not join with my work in framing of them, they will break out in their wicked waie• even at that very time when I am framing of them to turn them unto my self;3 According unto that expression you have in Hos. 7.1. When I would have healed Israel, then the wickedness of Samaria was discovered, that is, when I was about to turn them unto me, then, even at that time they break out in their violence and wickedness.
1Sixtly, They will not joyn 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