A69234:1348
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 is, that we do not only flee from idolatry 1in the grosest kind, but also that we shun the first beginnings thereof, for if in the least degree we give way unto it, we shall from one degree ascend unto another, till we come to the highest; partly because we are naturally possessed with a spirit of fornications, which carrieth us headlong into this sin, and partly because the Lord will give us up to a reprobate sense, and to be deluded with strong delusions, if we do not embrace and love his truth, but incline to ⟨p. 254⟩will-worship and Idolatry.
The vse hereof is, that we doe not onely flee from idolatrie 1in the grosest kinde, but also that wee shunne the first beginnings thereof, for if in the least degree we giue way vnto it, we shall from one degree ascend vnto another, till we come to the highest; partly because we are naturally possessed with a spirit of fornications, which carrieth vs headlong into this sin, and partly because the Lord will giue vs vp to a reprobate sense, and to be deluded with strong delusions, if wee doe not imbrace and loue his truth, but incline to ⟨p. 254⟩wil-worship and Idolatry.
- 1We must fly the first beginnings of idolatry.We must flye the first beginnings of idolatrie.
The third thing to be observed is, that our good intentions 1in Gods service, which have no ground in his word, are nothing else but will-worship and superstition. The Israelites made choice to worship in the groves and under the green trees, because the shadow thereof was good, that is, because they thought these pleasant places and delightful shade in the sweet and open air, were most fit and convenient for religious worship: but because this their good intention was contrary to Gods word, which restrained public service & sacrifices unto the Temple at Jerusalem, their good meaning could not privilege them from the just censure of Idolatry and Superstition. So Aaron in a good intention made