A69234:1042
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.
The use hereof serveth to teach us what course is best to be taken for the removing those judgements, which lye heavy 1upon our land, or at least have displayed their colours, being ready to march against us; namely the Pestilence, Inundations, Dearth and Famine. Surely we must not chiefly trust in human policies, and preventions, or in the help of our bordering friends, for all this will be to little purpose, if we do not in the first place seek reconciliation with God, by forsaking our sins, and turning unto him by unfeigned repentance.
The vse hereof serueth to teach vs what course is best to be taken for the remouing those judgements, which lye heauie 1vpon our land, or at least haue displayed their coulours, being ready to march against vs; namely the Pestilence, Invndations, Dearth and Famine. Surely we must not chiefly trust in humaine pollicies, and preuentions, or in the help of our bordering friends, for all this will be to little purpose, if we do not in the first place seeke reconciliation with God, by forsaking our sinnes, and turning vnto him by vnfained repentance.
- 1Repentance the best means to remove judgements.Repentance the best means to remoue iudgements.
The second use serveth, for the comfort of those that 1mourn in Zion, and daily bewail both their own sins, and the sins of their people: for such are to know, that the Lord will give them a special privilege and protection, whereby they shall be protected from the common calamities which he inflicteth upon their nation; or if as members 2of this great body politic, by reason of their communion, they necessarily partake in their miseries and afflictions, yet the Lord will so sanctify these crosses unto them, and will give unto them such a measure of strength, faith, patience, and comfort: that when unrepentant sinners, who never sighed nor groaned under the burden of sin, do now groan and languish under the weight of punishment; they contrariwise, who upon their unfeigned repentance are assured of the forgiveness of their sins, shall not only be patient, but also rejoice in their tribulations, and their afflictions shall be unto them, as a Serpent without a sting.