A69234:1295
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.
Finally he addeth, And they have gone a Whoring from under their God, that is, they have quite shaken off the marriage yoke, and with-drawing themselves from under the government and subjection of God their lawful husband, have wholly given themselves over to spiritual uncleanness, and to commit whoredom with their impure Idols. The which words may be understood as a cause of the former, that they therefore forsook the Lord, and gave themselves over to be ruled by their Idols, because they were possessed with a spirit of fornications which caused them to fall into these gross and absurd errors, or as an effect, that therefore they were mislead by the spirit of fornications, because having forsaken the Lord and his truth, he had given them over to a reprobate sense, & suffered them to be deluded by a ⟨p. 230⟩spirit of error, & with strong delusions, because they would not embrace nor love the truth. For these are mutual and reciprocal causes, to embrace false worship & idolatry, & to forsake God; for when the idolater beginneth to worship his idols, he renounceth the worship of God, and when he will not love nor delight himself in Gods true worship and service, then the Lord giveth up him to a reprobate sense, and to be deluded with strong delusions, as the Apostle showeth, Rom. 1. 23. 24. 2 Thes. 2. 11.1
Finally he addeth, And they haue gone a Whoring from vnder their God, that is, they haue quite shaken off the marriage yoke, and with-drawing themselues from vnder the gouernment and subjection of God their lawfull husband, haue wholy giuen themselues ouer to spirituall vncleannes, and to commit whordome with their impure Idols. The which words may be vnderstood as a cause of the former, that they therefore forsooke the Lord, and gaue themselues ouer to be ruled by their Idols, because they were possessed with a spirit of fornications which caused them to fall into these grosse and absurde errours, or as an effect, that therefore they were mislead by the spirit of fornications, because hauing forsaken the Lord and his truth, he had giuen them ouer to a reprobate sense, & suffred them to be deluded by a ⟨p. 230⟩