A77979:874
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.
First, When they seek him in any superstitious way. These kind of formal superstitious worshippers of God, they did much, they spent much time in Gods worship, I appeal to their own consciences, and unto all men that knew their lives, did any thing of God appear in them? It may be manifested in their frothy, vain, and carnal conversations, that they never met with God in those worshippings. When God is sought and not in his own way, he will not be found.
First, When they seek him in any superstitious way. These kind of formal superstitious worshipers of God, they did much, they spent much time in Gods worship, I appeal to their own consciences, and unto all men that knew their lives, did any thing of God appear in them? It may be manifested in their frothy, vain, and carnal conversations, that they never met with God in those worshipings. When God is sought and not in his own way, he will not be found.
And then secondly, When we seek our selves rather than God, 1then he will not be found.
- 12. when our selves chiefly. 3. when not as God
And thirdly, When we do not seek God as a God; that is, when we tender him only external services and not soul-services also; when we seek him not with the uprightness of our hearts, when we seek him not with our whole heart, when we seek him not with those high and reverent apprehensions of him, when we have not that fear of his Name as is suitable to such ⟨p. 412⟩an infinite God as the Lord is, then God will not be found.