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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.
If God do but enlighten any ones conscience; it may be Gods hand is upon thee for thy sin: This is grievous: Oh but together with the sin have not I by my counsel, by my example, by my countenance brought others into s•n? and I have brought them into misery as well as my self: It may be there be many in hell at this time that I have holpen thither. It is true Gods hand is upon me, I am falling, and whither I shall ⟨p. 400⟩fall I know not; I see hell open and I may fall into it; how ever I am afraid of this that there are some fallen into hell already of whose sin I was the cause, and is it possible that I should be preserved out of it? must I not follow them and fall thither too when they are already fallen thither through my wickedness? You therefore that have been Company-keepers and ringleaders to wickedness, and many of your companions are dead and gone, without any manifestation of repentance; you had need to be throughly humbled.
Obser. 2 Further, It is no plea you see for any one to say, I will follow the example of others. If you will follow the example of others you must perish with others. Judah followeth the example of Ephraim and Judah must fall with Ephraim.
Obs. 3 And further, If Gods people (even Gods people I say) if they comply with wicked men,1 & defile themselves with their pollutions, they must except to fall with them in outward judgments. Judah was the only people God had upon the earth, and as Israel is a type of the Apostate Church, so is Judah a type of the true Church, yet it seems that Judah though the true Church and the only people of God that did preserve the worship of God in the greatest entireness that was in the world, yet I say Judah, they did very much comply with Israel, and complying with Israel in false worship they must fall with them. Come out from amongst them my people, lest being partakers of their sins you be partakers of their plagues too. And this I make no question is the reason why so many of Gods servants fall at this day,