A69234:1082
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, first, to move all men willingly to hearken unto admonitions, and patiently to bear reproofs, seeing it is a notable means sanctified by God for our amendment, that so we may escape Gods heavy judgements. An example hereof we have in David. Psal. 141. 4. 5. Who would not eat the delicates of the wicked but desireth 1that the righteous should smite and reprove him, because their rebukes were as a precious Balsamum, to cure his spiritual wounds of sin.
The vse hereof serueth, first, to moue all men willingly to hearken vnto admonitions, and patiently to beare reproofes, seeing it is a notable meanes sanctified by God for our amendement, that so we may escape Gods heauy judgements. An example hereof wee haue in Dauid. Psal. 141. 4. 5. Who would not eate the delicates of the wicked but desireth 1that the righteous should smite and reproue him, because their rebukes were as a precious Balsamum, to cure his spirituall wounds of sinne.
Secondly, it serveth to persuade all Christians with cheerfulness to perform this duty of admonition and reprehension, seeing it preserveth their brother from death and destruction; for if we are bound when we see the beast of our enemy endangered to relieve him, by keeping him from ⟨p. 129⟩running into the ditch, or by helping him out being fallen; how much more are we bound in conscience to help the person not of our enemy, but of our neighbour, yea of our brother, and to preserve him by our Godly admonition from falling in the pit of utter destruction? This duty God requireth.