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An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet JonahAn ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas
An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet Jonah: made, and uttered before the kings majesty, and his most honourable council, by John Hopper in lent last past. Comprehended in sieve[n] sermons. Anno. M.D.L.An ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas: made, and vttered before the kynges maiestie, and his moost honorable councell, by Ihon Hoper in lent last past. Comprehended in seue[n] sermons. Anno. M.D.L.
London: printed by John Daye, 1550London: printed by Ihon Daye, 1550
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son ⟨p. vi⟩of Amithai, saying: Arise, and get the to Nineveh that great City, & cry out against it, for their wickedness is come up before me.
THe worde of the Lorde came vnto Ionas ye sōne ⟨p. vi⟩of Amithai, saying: Arise, and get the to Niniue that great Citie, & crye out againste it, for theyr wyckednesse is come vp before me.
It is not the lest help that the reader or teacher of any prophet or other part of the scripture shall have, to know of what place, under what king, in what state of common wealth, the prophet lived, that he purposeth to interpret: all these things as touching our Jonah, is declared in the iiii. book of the kings, the. xiiii. cap. He lived in Samaria under an Idololatrical king Jeroboam, the son of Joas, a detestable Idololater: & in Judah at that time reigned king Amasias
It is not ye lest help that the reder or teacher of ani prophet or other part of ye scriptur shal haue, to knowe of what place, vnder what king, in what state of cōmon wealth, ye prophet liued, yt he purposith to interpretate: al these things as touchīg our Ionas, is declared in the iiii. booke of ye kings, the. xiiii. cap. He liued in Samaria vnder an Idololatrical king Ieroboam, ye sonne of Ioas, a detestable Idololater: & in Iuda at yt time reigned kīg Amasias
And this Jonah laboured in the ministry of Gods word at one time, with Amos, Oseas, and Joel the true Prophets of God. The state and condition of the common wealth, was troublous and very unquiet, for because the Israelites by their Idololatri in following that learning invented by man, and leaving the word of god, God punished them with many great & cruel wars, Yet after his accustomed pity and compassion upon those that he punisheth, to remove the occasion that worketh gods ire and displeasure, he sent them divers times his holy Prophets, that should call them from their Idololatry and corrupt living as Elijah, Elisha, and this our Prophet