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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 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, Though God withdraw himself from the Saints, yet §1they retain good thoughts of him in his absence; whereas the wicked pine, and vex, and fret against him.1 A husband may be gone abroad about his business from his wife a great while; yea but if she be a faithful wife, she still retains good thoughts of him as of her husband and loveth him still. But another, when her husband is gone and hath withdrawn himself, she beginneth to have hard thoughts of him. So wicked men do upon Gods withdrawing of himself, in judgements and afflictions, they begin to have hard thoughts of God, and to say, I this is to serve God & to walk in his ways, what good have we got by all that we have done? But now you shall observe in the Cant. when Christ had withdrawn himself from the Church, she still calls him her King, and her Beloved, still gives him honourable titles.
First, Though God withdraw himself from the Saints, yet §1they retain good thoughts of him in his absence; whereas the wicked pine, and vex, and fret against him.1 A husband may be gone abroad about his business from his wife a great while; yea but if she be a faithful wife, she still retains good thoughts of him as of her husband and loveth him still. But another, when her husband is gon and hath withdrawn himself, she beginneth to have hard thoughts of him. So wicked men do upon Gods withdrawing of himself, in judgements and afflictions, they begin to have hard thoughts of God, and to say, I this is to serve God & to walk in his waies, what good have we got by all that we have done? But now you shall observe in the Cant. when Christ had withdrawn himself from the Church, she still calls him her King, and her Beloved, still gives him honorable titles.
- 1simile a wife.