A69234:1371
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.
By this phrase then is signified both their spiritual and corporal whoredom; their spiritual whoredom which is here principally understood by way of Allegory consisted herein, that they separated and divided themselves from the Lord their true husband, by breaking the bond of marriage, forsaking his true religion, and prostituting themselves to commit spiritual whoredom with their idols. Which spiritual fornication well deserved to be punished with corporal adultery, that as they dishonoured God by the one, so the Lord should cause them to be dishonoured by the other. Their carnal adultery by themselves committed may here also be implied, as an effect of the spiritual, in which respect also they made divers kinds of separation with their harlots. For they separated themselves from their lawful wives, to join with harlots, and separated ⟨p. 265⟩their harlots from their Husbands, to join with them, and both together separated themselves from the company of men, because this vice of whoredom lurketh in corners, and loveth the veil of night and darkness which hideth from the eyes of men her foul deformity and ugly filthiness.
By this phrase then is signified both their spirituall and corporall whoredome; their spirituall whoredome vvhich is here principally vnderstood by way of Allegorie consisted herein, that they seperated and diuided themselues from the Lord their true husband, by breaking the bond of marriage, forsaking his true religion, and prostituting themselues to commit spirituall whoredome with their idols. Which spirituall fornication well deserued to be punished with corporall adulterie, that as they dishonoured God by the one, so the Lord should cause them to be dishonoured by the other. Their carnall adulterie by themselues committed may here also be implyed, as an effect of the spirituall, in which respect also they made diuers kindes of separation with their harlots. For they separated themselues from their lawfull wiues, to ioyne with harlots, and separated ⟨p. 265⟩their harlots from their Husbands, to ioyne with them, and both together seperated themselues from the company of men, because this vice of whoredome lurketh in corners, and loueth the vayle of night and darknesse which hideth from the eyes of men her foule deformitie and vglie filthinesse.