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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.
Where first we may observe, that the Lord intending to 1convince this people of their sins, doth (before he plainly sets down their sins) propound it unto them by way of parable; to the end that they, who were blinded with self-love and partial Judges in their own cases, might better see their sins in the person of others, and without partiality condemn them, when they appeared like strangers, which they would suffer to pass without any hard censure, if they discerned them to be of their familiar acquaintance. And thus Nathan dealt with David: 2. Sam. 12. And our Saviour Christ with the Scribes and Pharisees: Matth. 21. 33. 2And here in this place the Lord maketh the people to condemn themselves and their sins, in the person and practise of an adulterous harlot: and so enticeth them (as it were) to wound and kill their beloved friend, whilst it is masked and disguised in the habit of an enemy.
Where first we may obserue, that the Lord intending to 1conuince this people of their sinnes, doth (before he plainely sets downe their sins) propound it vnto them by way of parable; to the end that they, who were blinded with selfe-loue and partiall Iudges in their owne cases, might better see their sinnes in the person of others, and without partialitie condemne them, when they appeared like strangers, which they would suffer to passe without any hard censure, if they discerned them to be of their familiar acquaintance. And thus Nathan dealt with Dauid: 2. Sam. 12. And our Sauiour Christ with the Scribes and Pharisies: Matth. 21. 33. 2And here in this place the Lord maketh the people to condemne themselues and their sinnes, in the person and practise of an adulterous harlot: and so inticeth them (as it were) to wound and kill their beloued friend, whilest it is masked and disguised in the habit of an enemy.