A69234:1086
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 of this doctrine serveth first to stir up Gods Ministers 1with all care and conscience, to deliver that embassy which they have received from God purely and sincerely; not as men pleasers but as the servants of Jesus Christ. Least in seeking popular applause by not reproving of sin, they ⟨p. 131⟩cause both themselves and the people to fall into the pit of Gods judgements in the day of his visitation. 1. Kin. 22. 14.2
The vse of this doctrine serueth first to stirre vp Gods Ministers 1with all care and conscience, to deliuer that ambassage which they haue receiued from God purely and sincerely; not as men pleasers but as the seruants of Iesus Christ. Least in seeking popular applause by not reprouing of sinne, they ⟨p. 131⟩cause both themselues and the people to fall into the pit of Gods judgements in the day of his visitation. 1. Kin. 22. 14.2
- 1Sincerity required in the Ministers in Preaching. Col. 1. 10.Sinceritie required in the Ministers in Preaching. Col. 1. 10.
- 21. Kin. 22. 14.