A77979:861
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 6
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.
Further, They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; Thence this Note likewise, 1The most superstitious and Idolatrous and false worshippers, they will pretend to seek God as well as any.
Further, They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; Thence this Note likewise, 1The most superstitious and Idolatrous and false worshipers, they will pretend to seek God as well as any.
- 1Obs. All pretend to seek God.
Whatsoever they do, Oh they do it for the honour of God, and for the service of God, and out of respect unto Him; and why should not we do this and this, we have good aims and good intentions, do we not seek to honour God in what we do? When those Idolaters of Israel set up the Calf, they proclaimed a day unto Jehovah, a day for the honouring of God, they pretended that what they did was out of respect unto God and to honour Him. The worst men and the most superstitious will yet pretend the honouring of God. So it is again in regard of those days that men have set apart for God, Use and it is that which hath settled men in the superstitious observation of them,1 that it is for the honour of Christ; what (say they) shall we not honour the birth of our blessed Saviour? what a profaneness, what a disrespect is this unto Jesus Christ? well let others do what they will, for our parts we will do it, for hereby we shall do honour unto our blessed Saviour. So the Papists for the adoration of Images,2 say they, What not regard not to reverence the Image, the Picture, of our blessed Saviour,3