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…

and to maintain themselves in these prodigal courses, greedily scraped from the Common-wealth to enrich their private houses, and advance their own estate; they having first made themselves slaves to their wanton lusts, afterwards became slaves to their cruel enemies; and losing that through intemperancy and covetousness, which their ancestors had won by sobriety, continency, and frugality, of the conquerors of the world, they became the underlings and vassals of the barbarous Goths and Vandals.

and to maintaine themselues in these prodigall courses, greedily scraped from the Common-wealth to inrich their priuate houses, and aduance their owne estate; they hauing first made themselues slaues to their wanton lusts, afterwards became slaues to their cruell enemies; and losing that through intemperancy and couetousnes, which their ancestors had wone by sobrietie, continency, and frugality, of the conquerours of the world, they became the vnderlings and vassals of the barbarous Gothes and Vandals.

And this must needs come to pass, both in respect of Gods righteous judgements, with whom it is just to punish abused prosperity with wretched adversity, wasteful prodigality with extreme beggary, haughtiness and pride with an abject and base condition, oppression with oppression, and tyranny with slavery: and also in reason and civill policy; for as on the one side pleasures make men proud, wanton, impatient, discontent, and insolent in offering wrongs and injuries, by all which they exasperate others, and procure against themselves many implacable enemies; so also they effeminate the mind, and so disable the body, that they are not able to uphold themselves in their unjust courses against the least violence, but become an easy pray to their incensed enemies, when they go about ⟨p. 342⟩to right their own wrongs, and to repay their injuries with •ust revenge.

And this must needes come to passe, both in respect of Gods righteous iudgements, with whom it is iust to punish abused prosperitie with wretched aduersitie, wastefull prodigalitie with extreame beggery, haughtinesse and pride with an abiect and base condition, oppression with oppression, and tyranny with slauerie: and also in reason and ciuill pollicie; for as on the one side pleasures make men proud, wanton, impatient, discontent, and insolent in offering wrongs and iniuries, by all which they exasperate others, and procure against themselues many implacable enemies; so also they effeminate the minde, and so disable the body, that they are not able to vphold themselues in their vniust courses against the least violence, but become an easie pray to their incensed enemies, when they go about