A69234:1037
Lectures upon the four first chapters of the prophecy of Hosea Wherein the text…Lectures vpon the foure first chapters of the prophecie of Hosea Wherein the text…
Lectures upon the four first chapters of the prophecy of Hosea Wherein the text is expounded and cleared, and such profitable instructions observed, and applied, as naturally arise out of this holy Scripture, and are fit for these times. By John Downame Bachelor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods word.Lectures vpon the foure first chapters of the prophecie of Hosea Wherein the text is exponded and cleered, and such profitable instructions obserued, and applied, as naturally arise out of this holie Scripture, and are fit for these times. By Iohn Dovvname Bacheler in Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston and T. East for William Welby, 1608
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.
And this is the meaning of the words. The Doctrines The doctrines ⟨p. 111⟩which arise out of them are divers. First, whereas he saith, 1Therefore, that is, because of their grievous sins the Land shall mourn and become desolate: hence we observe, that the chief cause which maketh a land sit mourning like a desolate widow, or a distressed mother, robbed of her children, and spoiled of all her comforts, is the sin of the inhabitants. Psa. 107. 34. This brought an universal deluge over 2the whole world: this brought down fire and brimstone upon Sodom and Gomorrah: this caused the land of Canaan to spue out her inhabitants. Leu. 18. 25. The like judgement 3whereof the Lord threatened to inflict upon the Children of Israel, if they imitated them in their sins. Verse 28. Deut. 28. 21. 22. 63. The which threatenings were accordingly 4accomplished in their captivity, and final desolation.
And this is the meaning of the words. The Doctrines The doctrines ⟨p. 111⟩which arise out of them are diuers. First, whereas he saith, 1Therefore, that is, because of their grieuous sinnes the Land shall mourne and become desolate: hence we obserue, that the chiefe cause which maketh a land sit mourning like a desolate widdow, or a distressed mother, robbed of her children, and spoyled of all her comforts, is the sin of the inhabitants.