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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.
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,2 death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ and of the whole work of our redemption. How is that day slighted, neglected, made nothing of! But what a horrible wickedness is it accounted not to keep that which man setteth apart by himself,3 that day which is a mans own! Men will set apart a day for the honour of Christ, and Oh Christ will be quite forgotten if that day be forgotten; and Christ is much dishonoured if that day be not regarded. I appeal unto you, Who sets it apart? whose is it? Is it Gods or is it yours? Gods? Certainly if there were such a thing so acceptable unto God as men take it to be, we should have some little hint, somewhat in the book of God of such a thing. We have the story of all the Acts of the Apostles, what they did in several places, and there is not the least mention of any such thing, of their honouring Christ, by setting a day