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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.
1Secondly, And then there is pride in it in this, That a wretched worm should dare to presume to put more upon a creature than God hath ever done, to put more upon places than God and nature hath ever done. God hath made them thus and thus, but I will put them higher than God hath done, I will put an excellency, a spiritual excellency, a divine excellency upon them; for so Idolaters take upon themselves to do, and this is horrible pride.
- 12. They put more on the creature than God hath put. Places.
1Thirdly, It is pride, because they presume to prescribe God which way he shall be worshipped. The worship of God is the dearest thing he hath in the world; and for any creature to take upon him to prescribe which way he shall be worshipped, this is the most notorious pride in the world.
1Thirdly, It is pride, because they presume to prescribe God which way he shall be worshiped. The worship of God is the dearest thing he hath in the world; and for any creature to take upon him to prescribe which way he shall be worshiped, this is the most notorious pride in the world.
- 13. They prescribe God in worship.
1Lastly, Herein appeareth the pride of Idolatry, that it honours what is a mans own because it is his own, rather than what is Gods. Do not you see it apparently in all superstitious Idolatrous people? As in that one thing of days. God hath set one day apart for the honouring of himself and for the celebrating both of the birth,