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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.
Thirdly, we here learn, not to make our religion, and the 1commandments of almighty God a cloak for our corruptions, to cover our ambition, malice, cruelty, morosity and other vices, as Jehu did. For if we do for corrupt and worldly ends embrace and obey them, then when they will not further, but rather hinder us in these respects, we will cast them off, and embrace the contrary sins and wickedness, according to the example of Jehu,, and all other apostates, as appeareth daily by too too lamentable experience. And so much for the sin of Jehu and his posterity. The fourth thing is the subject or object of the punishment, which is threefold; first the house of Jehu, by which is meant Jehu his posterity, which was destroyed by Shallum, and so the kingdom taken from them; namely Zachariah, who was the last king of this family, and the fourth from Jehu.
Thirdly, we here learne, not to make our religion, and the 1commandements of almightie God a cloak for our corruptions, to couer our ambition, malice, cruelty, morosity and other vices, as Iehu did. For if we do for corrupt and worldly ends imbrace and obey thē, then when they wil not further, but rather hinder vs in these respects, we will cast them off, and imbrace the contrarie sinnes and wickednesse, according to the example of Iehu,, and all other apostates, as appeareth daily by too too lamentable experience. And so much for the sin of Iehu and his posteritie. The fourth thing is the subiect or obiect of the punishment, which is threefold; first the house of Iehu, by which is meant Iehu his posteritie, which was destroyed by Shallum, and so the kingdome taken from them; namely Zachariah, who was the last king of this family, and the fourth from Iehu.
- 1We must not make religion a cloak to cover our sins.We must not make religion a cloake to couer our sins.