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…

Yes,¹ as a Prince that hath to do with two Traitors, both of them have deserved death, but the Prince is inclined to show mercy; and against the one there cometh this Accusation, This mans Father was a Traitor, and his grand-father, and his great grand-father were Traitors: Nay then let him dye, saith the Prince. But now the other that is guilty of as much as this man was, yet it is told the King, Sir, This mans Fathers hath done a great deal of excellent service for the Common-wealth, there were never any of his house but were loyal. This man now is spared though he deserveth death, and guilty with the other of the same treason; and the King is just in this. And so the first man may be said to dye for his Fathers sin, that is, he should not have been executed if his Fore-fathers had not been in the fault. Take heed what you do in the course of your lives, (if you regard not your selves, yet for your children's sake) that you may not leave a ⟨p. 33⟩curse behind you upon the off-spring of your loins, and fruit of your wombs; look upon them, pity them. Though you your selves may escape in this world, yet you may leave the inheritance of your sins unto your children. Pity your children, that they may not have cause to curse the time that they were borne of such parents, and wish that they had rather been of the off-spring of Dragons, and a generation of Vipers, then to be born of such parents that have left them a curse for an inheritance. It had been better you had left them never a penny, then to leave them to inherit the curse of your wickedness.

Yes,¹ as a Prince that hath to doe with two Traitors, both of them have deserved death, but the Prince is enclined to shew mercy; and against the one there commeth this Accusation, This mans Father was a Traytor, and his grand-father, and his great grand-father were Traytors: Nay then let him dye, saith the Prince. But now the other that is guilty of as much as this man was, yet it is told the King, Sir, This mans Fathers hath done a great deale of excellent fervice for the Common-wealth, there were never any of his house but were loya•l. This man now is spared though hee deserveth death, and guilty with the other of the same treason; and the King is just in this. And so the first man may be said to dye for his Fathers sinne, that is, he should not have been executed if his Fore-fathers had not been in the fault. Take heed what you doe in the course of your lives, (if you regard not your selves, yet for your childrens sake) that you may not leave a