A69234:201
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, first concerneth parents, that they be hereby 1moved to flee sin, if not for their own sake, yet at least for their posterity, seeing the child unborn shall smart for their iniquities, if the Lord, as he justly may, withhold his grace from them, and suffer them to be carried away with their corruptions; the which he often doth, as he also threateneth in the second commandment.
The vse hereof, first concerneth parents, that they be hereby 1mooued to flee sin, if not for their owne sake, yet at least for their posterie, seeing the child vnborne shall smart for their iniquities, if the Lord, as hee iustly may, withhold his grace from them, and suffer them to be carried away with their corruptions; the which he often doth, as he also threatneth in the second commandement.
- 1Admonition to parents.
Secondly, the children of wicked parents may here learn 1carefully to flee their fathers vices, and to endeavour to perform holy obedience unto the Lord, that so they may be reconciled unto him: for if they follow their fathers steppes, the Lord will certainly punish in them, not only their own, but also their parents sin, in the day of his visitation.
Secondly, the children of wicked parents may here learne 1carefully to flee their fathers vices, and to indeuour to performe holy obedience vnto the Lord, that so they may bee reconciled vnto him: for if they follow their fathers steppes, the Lord will certainely punish in them, not only their own, but also their parents sinne, in the day of his visitation.