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…

Secondly,¹ a great day in subduing the adversaries of the Church. Though they shall come to have a great deal of power a little before; yet when that great day of Jezreel shall come, they shall be certainly all subdued & brought under. Rev. 19. 13. Christ when he shall come in this great day he shall have his garments dipped in blood, in destroying the wicked and ungodly, and Rev, 15. the Saints when they see the wicked destroyed as the Egyptians were in the sea, the Text saith that they sung the song of Moses. What was this song of Moses, but the praising of God for the destruction of their adversaries in the Sea? God hath another Sea to destroy the wicked, and God hath a day for his Saints to sing over the song of Moses again, and especially for the destruction of Popery. My brethren be not troubled to see Papists make a concourse and flock together,² be not troubled at it, for when this day shall come, God will so order things that his adversaries shall come and flock together, but it shall be that they may be destroyed, for God hath a great feast and a great Sacrifice, and he will sacrifice them especially. And therefore Lactantius that I spoke of before, and is one that lived 1300. years since, saith he (speaking then of this day) I have a thing to say, but I even tremble to speak it, but I must speak it, and what was it? Romanum nomen (saith he) de terra tolletur; those are his words, the Roman name shall be taken off from the earth. He in those primitive times prophesied of the destruction of Rome. Perhaps though he did not see it so clearly, yet God might so order it, as though he understood it not, God might intend it for these times. God will destroy the enemies of his Churches then. Yea. Ezek. 28. 24. there is a promise to the Saints that there shall beno more a pricking briar, nor any grieving thorn of any that are round about them that despise them, & in another place God saith that he will take away the Canaanite out of the Land.

Secondly,¹ a great day in subduing the adversaries of the Church. Though they shall come to have a great deale of power a little before; yet when that great day of Iezreel shall come, they shal be certinly all subdued & brought under.