A69234:1176
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 these were the spiritual prerogatives, with which 1the Lord hath endowed his Priesthood and Ministry; besides which he allotted unto them many temporal privileges; as for example, the double honour of reverence and maintenance: for in respect of the first, none were in greater honour & account among the people, next under the King, then the Lords Priests: and for the other none more plentifully maintained then they, who had not only the tithes, but the first fruits, oblations, and daily sacrifices; all which they had not at the peoples devotions, but challenged them in Gods right as being his portion, which when he gave unto them the land he reserved for himself. Neither is the Lords liberality shortened towards his Ministers in the time of the Gospel, for he hath commanded the people to give unto them double honour: the honour of reverence, and the honour of maintenance, as appeareth, 1 Tim. 5. 17. 18. For if 2the Lords care were such both for the honour and maintenance of the legal Ministry and Priesthood, which was the ⟨p. 173⟩Ministry of the letter which killeth, the Ministry of death and condemnation; how much more that the Ministry of the new covenant, which is the Ministry of the spirit that giveth life, and the Ministry of righteousness, (that is, whereby we of sinners are made righteous) should excel in glory, as the Apostle reasoneth. 2 Cor. 3. 6. 7. 8. 9.3
And these were the spirituall prerogatiues, with which 1the Lord hath endowed his Priesthood and Ministerie; besides which hee allotted vnto them many temporall priuiledges; as for example, the double honour of reuerence and maintenance: for in respect of the first, none were in greater honour & account among the people, next vnder the King, then the Lords Priests: and for the other none more plentifully maintayned then they, who had not onely the tithes, but the first fruits, oblations, and daily sacrifices; all which they had not at the peoples deuotions, but chalenged them in Gods right as being his portion, which when he gaue vnto them the land he reserued for himselfe. Neither is the Lords liberalitie shortened towards his Ministers in the time of the Gospell, for he hath commanded the people to giue vnto them double honour: the honour of reuerence, and the honour of maintenance, as appeareth,