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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 4 › Verse 1
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.
Tenthly, Those that knew most of Gods mind, have been ⟨p. 10⟩§10so afraid of this controversy that they have fled for fear of the wrath of God, and we have slighted, jeered them for it, thought it was their foolish timorousness and melancholy conceit; The Lord now seems to justify their fear.
Tenthly, Those that knew most of Gods mind, have been ⟨p. 10⟩§10so afraid of this controversie that they have fled for fear of the wrath of God, and we have slighted, jeered them for it, thought it was their foolish timerousness and melancholly conceit; The Lord now seems to justifie their fear.
The Lord is now for the present out against us in as dreadful a way of wrath as ever he was against any people of the earth. I never read in Scripture nor in History of a more dreadful wrath of God against a people all things considered, than is against us at this day. Amos, 7.4. The Lord calls to contend by fire: Surely the Lord doth it at this day, he calleth to contend with England by fire, in a most dreadful way, and who knows what the end shall be? That he hath a most dreadful controversy against England at this day, will appear if we further take these considerations.
First, That a people complaining of bondage heretofore, yet when God offered deliverance, should be so far left of God as they shall now rather be willing to make themselves and their posterity bond-slaves. Surely God hath a dreadful controversy against us, it were else impossible that such a thing should be in the hearts of men. Men love liberty, they groan under bondage: We did groan but a few years ago, and the Lord was coming to help us, and yet we are now so left of God that we even turn again to our former bondage, and would have our ears to be bored that we might be perpetual slaves,