A69234:1070
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 so much concerning the second bill of indictment: the Verse 5 sentence of condemnation is affixed Verse 5. Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the Prophet shall fall with thee in the night, & I will destroy thy mother. In which words we are 1to consider, first the punishment denounced; secondly the cause thereof; thirdly the persons against whom it is threatened; fourthly the time when it is inflicted. The punishment is expressed in these words, thou shalt fall: the which is a metaphor borrowed from such, as being either blind or walking in the dark, are ready to fall into the ditches and pits. ⟨p. 125⟩Whereby is signified that because they loved darkness better then light, and erring in their own wicked ways would not endure to be directed and guided by the light of Gods word, but hated their guides and despised their admonitions, therefore they should fall into the pit of Gods fearful judgements, and perish therein both people and Prophets.
ANd so much concerning the second bill of inditement: the Verse 5 sentence of condemnation is affixed Verse 5. Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the Prophet shall fall with thee in the night, & I will destroy thy mother. In which words we are 1to consider, first the punishment denounced; secondly the cause thereof; thirdly the persons against whom it is threatned; fourthly the time when it is inflicted. The punishment is expressed in these words, thou shalt fall: the which is a metaphor borrowed from such, as being eyther blind or walking in the darke, are ready to fall into the ditches and pits. ⟨p. 125⟩Whereby is signified that because they loued darknesse better then light, and erring in their owne wicked wayes would not indure to be directed and guided by the light of Gods word, but hated their guides and dispised their admonitions, therefore they should fall into the pit of Gods fearefull iudgements, and perish therein both people and Prophets.