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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 8
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.
But you will say, What shall we do upon this, when the hand of God is stretched out thus near us?
But you will say, What shall we do upon this, when the hand of God is stretched out thus neer us?
First, Humble our souls before God, go forth to meet this mighty God with repentance, cry mightily unto him that if it be possible His wrath may be appeased before it fasten upon us. As in that Luke 14.32.1 it is said of those that are wise, when a great King cometh out against them with twenty thousand, when he was a great way off, they send Ambassadors to desire conditions of peace.2 Mark, when he is a great way off; So we must not stay till God is come to our gates, till he be just upon us, but while this great King, the Lord God is a great way off, at a distance, we must send unto Him, and meet Him by repentance and by humbling our souls and making of our peace with him. Let not us think 'Tis true, the hand of God was against our brethren of Scotland, but they were quickly delivered; but I may say, after thee, O England. We have not done what our brethren did; ⟨p. 447⟩For it is observed that though the generality of that people were notorious vile, wicked, and rude before these times, but yet partly through the Covenant they have entered into and otherwise, (though no question there is much evil there, and perhaps not the power of godliness so throughly as in many of Gods people here,) but there is certainly abundance of reformation more in the common people than there is amongst us at this day; which speaks hard things to us: Oh let us go forth and meet our God by repentance.
First, Humble our souls before God, go forth to meet this mighty God with repentance, cry mightily unto him that if it be possible His wrath may be appeased before it fasten upon us. As in that