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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
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 5 › Verse 6
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Secondly, Though God withdraweth himself from his §2people, yet so, as he draweth their hearts after him to cry more earnestly. As a mother will withdraw her self from her child, she gets behind the door and hides her self, but to this end, that the child may be more earnest to come into her ⟨p. 416⟩arms, that the child may cry after her to come to her, and the mother loves it. So the Lord loveth to hear his children cry after him to come to him. The Lord shall hear none of our cries in Heaven, for there we shall always be with him; but here he sometimes withdraweth from us that he may hear us cry after him.
Secondly, Though God withdraweth himself from his §2people, yet so, as he draweth their hearts after him to cry more earnestly. As a mother wil withdraw her self from her child, she gets behind the door and hides her self, but to this end, that the child may be more earnest to come into her ⟨p. 416⟩arms, that the child may cry after her to come to her, and the mother loves it. So the Lord loveth to hear his children cry after him to come to him. The Lord shall hear none of our cries in Heaven, for there we shall alwaies be with him; but here he somtimes withdraweth from us that he may hear us cry after him.
Thirdly, God though he withdraw Himself from His Saints, yet so as He leaveth some light behind Him that they may see which way he is gone and so follow him. As when a Torch or Candle is taken out of a room, yet you may see some glimmering light which way they went; so when God withdraweth Himself He useth to leave some glimmering light that his people may see which way to follow him.
Thirdly, God though he withdraw Himself from His Saints, yet so as He leaveth some light behind Him that they may see which way he is gone and so follow him. As when a Torch or Candle is taken out of a room, yet you may see some glimmering light which way they went; so when God withdraweth Himself He useth to leave some glimering light that his people may see which way to follow him.