A69234:1259
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 second thing to be observed is, that though we have 1never so great abundance of meat, and all manner of provision, yet it will never nourish and satisfy us, when God layeth his curse upon it. So the Lord threateneth that if the people sinned, he would break the staff of bread, and bring a two-fold famine into the land; the one kind through the scarcity of bread, which may be called the famine of the poor; the other through insufficiency of it to nourish, whereby it should come to pass that eating they should not be satisfied; with which famine the rich should be pinched as ⟨p. 213⟩well as the poor. Leu. 26. 26. The which judgement was 2inflicted upon the Jews, as appeareth. Hag. 1. 6. Ye have sown 3much and bring in little, ye eat but ye have not enough, ye drink but ye are not filled, ye clothe you, but ye be not warm, & he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bag.
The second thing to be obserued is, that though we haue 1neuer so great abundance of meate, and all manner of prouision, yet it will neuer nourish and satisfie vs, vvhen God layeth his curse vpon it. So the Lord threatneth that if the people sinned, he would breake the staffe of bread, and bring a two-fold famine into the land; the one kinde through the scarcitie of bread, vvhich may bee called the famine of the poore; the other through insufficiency of it to nourish, wherby it should come to passe that eating they should not bee satisfied; with which famine the rich should bee pinched as ⟨p. 213⟩well as the poore. Leu. 26. 26. The which judgement was