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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 these are the steps and degrees whereby we ascend out of the land of darkness, into the kingdom of glory, 1the highest whereof none can attain unto, but they who begin at the lowest: for first we must be subjects of the kingdom of grace, before we be subjects of the kingdom of glory; we must first be members of the Church militant, before we be members of the Church triumphant; first we must enter into the suburbs, before we can come into the city; first we must have assurance of our heavenly inheritance by faith and hope, before we shall enjoy the actual possession: and lastly, we must have our minds, hearts, and affections transported into our heavenly country, or else our bodies & souls shall never ascend thither. So that in this point also, one of these steps and degrees being ascended, it giveth us assurance that we shall still ascend till we come to the highest; and on the other side, if we begin not at the first, we shall never ascend to the last, namely, the glorious joys of Gods kingdom.
And these are the steps and degrees whereby we ascend out of the land of darkenesse, into the kingdome of glory, 1the highest whereof none can attaine vnto, but they who begin at the lowest: for first we must be subiects of the kingdome of grace, before wee be subiects of the kingdome of glory; we must first be members of the Church militant, before we be members of the Church triumphant; first wee must enter into the suburbes, before we can come into the citie; first we must haue assurance of our heauenly inheritance by faith and hope, before we shall inioy the actuall possession: and lastly, we must haue our mindes, hearts, and affections transported into our heauenly country, or else our bodies & soules shall neuer ascend thither. So that in this point also, one of these steps and degrees being ascended, it giueth vs assurance that we shall stil ascend till we come to the highest; and on the other side, if we begin not at the first, we shall neuer ascend to the last, namely, the glorious ioyes of Gods kingdome.
- 1The degrees whereby we must ascend out of the land of darkness.The degrees whereby we must ascend out of the land of darkenesse.