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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.
It followeth: But I will utterly take them away. The which words are diversly translated. The Vulgar readeth it, I will utterly forget them, as though this should be the sense, I will be so far from pitying them, that I will not so much as remember them. But this translation the Hebrew word [Greek or Hebrew] will not admit, unless we would change the third radical [Greek or Hebrew] into [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] into [Greek or Hebrew]. Others read it, I will utterly take them away, namely, out of the land of promise into captivity by their enemies; which will well stand with the words, sense, and the event. Junius readeth it thus, I will not proceed any more to have mercy one the house of Israel, that I should by any means pardon them. The which translation also well agreeth with the text, and with all circumstances, for [Greek or Hebrew] when as [Greek or Hebrew] followeth, it commonly signifieth to pardon, and [Greek or Hebrew] sometimes 1signifieth, that: as Gen. 38. 15. Judg. 8. 6. And in this sense, we have the like threatening, Jer. 13. 14. Amos. 7. 8.
It followeth: But I will vtterly take them away. The which words are diuersly translated. The Vulgar readeth it, I will vtterly forget them, as though this should be the sense, I will be so farre from pitying them, that I will not so much as remember them. But this translation the Hebrew word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 will not admit, vnlesse wee would change the third radicall 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 into 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 into 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Others reade it, I will vtterly take them away, namely, out of the land of promise into captiuitie by their enemies; which will well stand with the words, sense, and the euent. Iunius readeth it thus, I will not proceede anie more to haue mercie one the house of Israel, that I should by any meanes pardon them. The which translation also well agreeth with the text, and with al circumstances, for when as followeth, it commonly signifieth to pardon, and sometimes