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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 5
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.
There is no men so conceited of their knowledge as many ignorant men are: For the truth is, where there is knowledge there a man sees that he knows but little, and he is able to discover his own ignorance; but an ignorant man is not able to discover his own ignorance, and therefore usually he is proud. You shall have many men and women too, that will pretend such abundance of knowledge, and their hearts are puffed up, because they have got some expressions more than others have, as if they were somebody, & had some manifestations of things to them more than others have; yet come and examine things at the bottom, & the truth is they are ignorant of the very principles of Religion. 1 Tim. 6.4.1 He is proud, knowing nothing saith the text, and yet he speaks of those that are full of vain questions and janglings about matters of Religion, that will come with such objections and curiosities of questions, yet the holy Ghost saith he is proud and knows nothing. ⟨p. 391⟩And certainly the man that is there spoken of is a man as much conceited of his knowledge as you can conceive a man to be, as appears plainly in the text.
There is no men so conceited of their knowledg as many ignorant men are: For the truth is, where there is knowledge there a man sees that he knows but little, and he is able to discover his own ignorance; but an ignorant man is not able to discover his own ignorance, and therefore usually he is proud. You shall have many men and women too, that will pretend such abundance of knowledg, and their hearts are puffed up, because they have got some expressions more than others have, as if they were somebody, & had some manifestations of things to them more than others have; yet come and examin things at the bottom, & the truth is they are ignorant of the very principles of Religion. 1 Tim. 6.4.1 He is proud, knowing nothing saith the text, and yet he speaks of those that are full of vain questions and janglings about matters of Religion, that will come with such objections and curiosities of questions, yet the holy Ghost saith he is proud and knows nothing.