DISCOURSE: 1149 THE EXTENT AND CAUSES OF MEN’S SUPINENESS Hosea 5:4. _They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord_. WHEN we exhort men to duty, they plead their inability to perform it; but their ina... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1150 THE DANGER OF PRIDE Hosea 5:5. _The pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them_. ALL profess to hate pride; yet all are more or less infected with it. The very best of men are not wholly free... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1151 THE FOLLY OF CREATURE-CONFIDENCE Hosea 5:13. _When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound_. MEN continually provoke God to chastise them, but rarely make a du... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1152 SPIRITUAL DESERTION Hosea 5:15. _I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early_. MEN. when they become Christians, do not lose any of their natural feelings, but they experience many sensations bo... [ Continue Reading ]