A69234:1067
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 is, that we do with all reverence and patience hear the admonitions & reprehensions of Gods Ministers, that we suffer our selves to be ruled by the sceptre of the Word, and in the ministry thereof lay our harts open to be battered, bruised and wounded with this hammer and sword of the spirit, that so we may be converted from our sins, and return unto the Lord when as he calleth us. ⟨p. 122⟩Psal. 95. 7. 8. To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not 1your hearts. Let us open the door to our beloved when he knocketh, least he depart from us. Can. 5. 2. 6. Let us seek 2the Lord whilst he may be found, and call upon him whilst he 3is near. Otherwise if we have often been instructed and admonished, and will not be reformed, but hate admonition; and those also that do admonish us, it will come at last to pass, that the Lord will cause his Ministers tongues to cleave to the roof of their mouths, prohibit them to reprove the sins of the people, and so give them over unto a reprobate sense, that they may without any impediment run on in their sins to their eternal perdition.
The vse hereof is, that we doe with all reuerence and patience heare the admonitions & reprehensions of Gods Ministers, that we suffer our selues to be ruled by the scepter of the Word, and in the ministerie thereof lay our harts open to be battred, bruised and wounded with this hammer and sword of the spirit, that so wee may bee conuerted from our sinnes, and returne vnto the Lord when as hee calleth vs. ⟨p. 122⟩Psal. 95. 7. 8. To day if yee will heare his voyce, harden not 1your hearts. Let vs open the dore to our beloued when hee knocketh, least he depart from vs. Can. 5. 2. 6. Let vs seeke