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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.
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 ⟨p. 393⟩apart for the celebration of his nativity: We have the Epistles unto several Churches upon several occasions, and we find no notice that they ever took of any such thing in any Church they established. Surely therefore it is mens own, there is nothing in Gods Word for it how highly soever it is honoured. But we have enough in Scripture for Gods own day, the Lords day, and it is appointed by God himself to be a day of thanksgiving for the birth, resurrection, and ascension of Christ, and for the whole work of our redemption altogether; But man, he out of his pride will have another day and so set his post by Gods post; he thinks it is not honour enough unto Christ to put the celebration of his birth, death, resurrection, ascension, all together in one day; no, he thinks it is more for the honour of Christ to have several days, one for his birth, another for his resurrection, & another for his ascension; whereas God hath put all into one, and would have his Son to be honoured by the observation of that one day.