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…

3. There is nothing wherein a man is so irreconcilable as in the point of the marriage bed,¹ the defiling of that by adultery causes an irreconcilable breach. Jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will take no ransom. There is nothing wherein God is so reconcilable to a people, as in the point of false worship.

3. There is nothing wherein a man is so irreconcileable as in the point of the marriage bed,¹ the defiling of that by adultery causes an irreconcileable breach. Jealousie is the rage of a man, and he will take no ransome. There is nothing wherein God is so reconcileable to a people, as in the point of false worship.

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4. Adultery is a besotting sin.¹ Whoredom and new wine take away the heart, ²saith the Prophet: and in that 44. Isa. 19. there, saith God, he hath no understanding to consider and say, What, have I not taken one part and roasted flesh with it, and with another part have baked bread upon the coals, and warmed my self with another part, and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination, and fall down to the stock of a tree? He hath no understanding to consider this. Idolatry is a besotting sin as well as adultery. And therefore we need not marvel though-men of great parts and abilities continue in their superstitious way of worship, for nothing besotteth mens hearts so much as that doth.

4. Adultery is a besotting sinne.¹