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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.
Do not excuse thy sin by saying it is the Devil that tempts thee, for this may prove to be the aggravation of thy sin, that by the just judgment of God thou art now given up to be under the power of the Devil and to be acted by him. As in Eph. 2.2. the scripture speaks of the miserable estate that men are in by nature, Dead in sin, the children of wrath, and amongst other aggravations of their misery this is not the least, they walk according to the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. The word translated working, there, [Greek or Hebrew], signifies the greatest activity that can be; the spirit, that is, the unclean spirit,1 the prince of the power of the air that now worketh in those children of disobedience. This is an aggravation of their misery and not any excuse unto them for their sin. Thou hast rejected the good Spirit, the holy Spirit of God, and now the spirit of whoredom, an unclean vile spirit hath possest thee.
Do not excuse thy sin by saying it is the Devil that tempts thee, for this may prove to be the agravation of thy sin, that by the just judgment of God thou art now given up to be under the power of the Devil and to be acted by him. As in Eph. 2.2. the scripture speaks of the miserable estate that men are in by nature, Dead in sin, the children of wrath, and amongst other aggravations of their misery this is not the least, they walk according to the spirit that now work•th in the children of disobedience. The word translated working, there, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, signifies the greatest activity that can be; the spirit, that is, the unclean spirit,1 the prince of the power of the air that now worketh in those children of disobedience. This is an aggravation of their misery and not any excuse unto them for their sin. Thou hast rejected the good Spirit, the holy Spirit of God, and now the spirit of whoredome, an unclean vile spirit hath possest thee.
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