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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.
Secondly, the authority of this prophecy is sufficiently approved by the certainty of the event, which is a certain sign that it was inspired by God, and an infallible note to distinguish true prophecies from those which are false. Deut. 18. 21, 22.1
Secondly, the authority of this prophecy is sufficiently approued by the certainty of the euent, which is a certaine signe that it was inspired by God, and an infallible note to distinguish true prophecies from those which are false. Deut. 18. 21, 22.1
The second thing to be considered, is the time in which he prophesied: but of this I shall have occasion to speak in the first verse of this prophecy.
The second thing to be considered, is the time in which he prophecied: but of this I shall haue occasion to speake in the first verse of this prophecie.
Lastly, we are to set down the sum of this prophecy, which consisteth in these points: First, he severely reprehendeth 1the sins of the Israelites, especially their sin of Idolatry: for whereas the Lord had restrained his public worship and service to be performed in the Temple at Jerusalem, these ten Tribes by the instigation of Jeroboam, made choice of two other places, Dan and Bethel for this purpose, where they erected golden calves and other Idols, and built strange altars, that they might (as the Papists do in their images) worship God in these Idols, whereas in trueth, in stead of God, they worshipped the devil.