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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.
And this is the meaning of these words. The doctrines which from hence arise are these. First, we may observe, that The Do∣ctrines. after Christ hath gathered his Church, and they being gathered, 1have by a lively faith chosen and embraced him for their King and head, then presently they ascend out of the land of darkness, the Kingdom of sin and Satan; and that in respect both of their justification, whereby their sins being not imputed, they are freed from guilt and punishment, and are accepted as righteous, being clothed with the righteousness of Jesus Christ; and in respect of their sanctification, whereby they are freed from the power and corruption of sin; when as the Spirit of God dwelling in them, ⟨p. 135⟩applieth unto them the virtue of Christs death and resurrection, whereby their sins are by little and little mortified and subdued, and they raised from the death of sin, to holiness and newness of life. Whosoever therefore are gathered into the Church, and have chosen Christ for their head, they may be assured that they are justified in Gods sight, and so freed from the guilt and punishment of their sins; and also that they are sanctified, and in some measure freed from the power and jurisdiction of sin, so that it shall no longer reign in their mortal bodies; for these go inseparably together, so that having one, we may be assured 2that we have all the other, and that wanting one, we want all the rest.
And this is the meaning of these wordes. The doctrines which from hence arise are these. First, we may obserue, that The Do∣ctrines. after Christ hath gathered his Church, and they being gathered, 1haue by a liuely faith chosen and imbraced him for their King and head, then presently they ascend out of the land of darkenesse, the Kingdome of sinne and Satan; and that in respect both of their iustification, whereby their sinnes being not imputed, they are freed from guilt and punishment, and are accepted as righteous, being clothed with the righteousnesse of Iesus Christ; and in respect of their sanctification, whereby they are freed from the power and corruption of sinne; when as the Spirit of God dwelling in them,