greenbaggins
Puritan Board Doctor
Jeremiah Burroughs explains:
The sins of such as are in covenant with God are sins of treachery. They are sins of a deeper dye than other men's sins. Other men's sins are transgressions against, and disobedience to, the will of God; but they are not so properly treachery: but the sins of those that are engaged to God in covenant have another impress upon them than the sins of other men, their sins are treachery against God. And we know there is nothing accounted more vile amongst men than treachery; it is the highest possible expression of our indignation against a man to say, Such a man take heed of, he is a treacherous man. Certainly the sins of those that have engaged themselves unto God, go nearer to the hear of God than other men's sins do; they are more dishonourable to him, they provoke the eyes of his glory more.
O let us then look back to what we have done ever since we first entered into covenant with God, ever sins we first gave up our names to him; and let us charge our souls with this aggravation of our sins: O my soul, what has thou done? Thou has not only trespassed and disobeyed as others, but thou hast been treacherous against the Lord. Let us keep ourselves from sin, and awe our hearts and strike fear into our spirits with this meditation, What! shall I, that have so deeply engaged myself to God, now forsake and deal treacherously with him? From An Exposition of the Prophecy of Hosea, p. 282.
O let us then look back to what we have done ever since we first entered into covenant with God, ever sins we first gave up our names to him; and let us charge our souls with this aggravation of our sins: O my soul, what has thou done? Thou has not only trespassed and disobeyed as others, but thou hast been treacherous against the Lord. Let us keep ourselves from sin, and awe our hearts and strike fear into our spirits with this meditation, What! shall I, that have so deeply engaged myself to God, now forsake and deal treacherously with him? From An Exposition of the Prophecy of Hosea, p. 282.