An exposition of the prophecy of Hosea begun in divers lectures upon the first…An exposition of the prophesie of Hosea begun in divers lectures vpon the first…

Theodoret is somewhat angry with those that think it was not really done, but done only in away of vision. I find many of our later men that are of the same mind,¹ that think there was a reality in it, that God did command Hosea to take to himself a wife of whoredoms, and that he did take such a wise, one that was a notorious harlot, so Arius Montanus, Piscator, Pareus, Tarnovius, and others, they go that way, and they think to salve it only thus, that it is a command of God, and therefore though it had not been lawful for Hosea to have done it, yet God commanding it, he might do it: As they instance in other cases that seem to be somewhat of the like nature, as the children of Israels robbing the Egyptians, Abraham's killing his son, and the like.

Theodoret is somewhat angry with those that thinke it was not really done, but done only in away of vision. I find many of our later men that are of the same minde,¹ that thinke there was a reality in it, that God did command Hosea to take to himselfe a wife of whoredoms, and that he did take such a wise, one that was a notorious harlot, so Arius Montanus, Piscator, Pareus, Tarnovius, and others, they go that way, and they thinke to salve it only thus, that it is a command of God, and therefore though it had not been lawfull for Hosea to have done it, yet God commanding it, he might do it: As they instance in other cases that seeme to be somewhat of the like nature, as the children of Israels robbing the Egyptians, Abrahams killing his sonne, and the like.

1. 1Eorum audaciam mirari satis nequeo qui non verentur dicere verba haec esse rebus destituta. Theod. in Hos. ena•. c. 1.

If this should be so, (as many Interpreters going that way might make one to think it not a thing impossible) we might learn thus much from it.