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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 to reprove many amongst us, who when either themselves or their friends be sick, or when they have lost their goods by thieves or other casualties, or when they curiously desire to know what shall befall them in the time to come, are ready to use these wicked and Diabolical means for the satisfying of their desires; wherein they bewray notable diffidence, impiety, & folly: diffidence, in that if the Lord defer his help a little while, they will not ⟨p. 241⟩wait his leisure, nor trust in his promises, but rather rely upon the devil, and upon the direction of his wicked instruments. Their impiety is hereby manifested, in that they seek to free themselves from those afflictions which God hath laid upon them by Satan's help, (as it were) whether God will or no, for if it were his will they should be released, he would grant them lawful means. Lastly, they show their folly, not only in that they inquire of them who have a spirit of divination, and of the Soothsayers who murmur and whisper, and leave the Lord most wise and most mighty, and go from the living to the dead; contrary to, the admonition of the Prophet, Isaiah. 8. 19. but also in that they imagine they 1can prevail against God by Satan's assistance, who is but his slave, and so fast tied in chains, that he is not able to stir without his permission.
The vse hereof serueth to reproue many amongst vs, who when either themselues or their friends be sicke, or when they haue lost their goods by theeues or other casualties, or when they curiously desire to know what shall befall them in the time to come, are ready to vse these wicked and Diabolicall meanes for the satisfying of their desires; wherein they bewray notable diffidence, impietie, & folly: diffidence, in that if the Lord defer his helpe a little while, they will not ⟨p. 241⟩waite his leasure, nor trust in his promises, but rather relye vpon the diuell, and vpon the direction of his wicked instruments. Their impietie is hereby manifested, in that they seeke to free themselues from those afflictions which God hath laid vpon them by Sathans helpe, (as it were) whether God will or no, for if it were his will they should be released, he would graunt them lawfull meanes. Lastly, they shew their folly, not onely in that they inquire of them who haue a spirit of diuination, and of the Southsayers who murmure and whisper, and leaue the Lord most wise and most mighty, and goe from the liuing to the dead; contrary to, the admonition of the Prophet,