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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.
The last thing to be considered, is, by what virtue and power we ascend out of the land of darkness, into the kingdom 1of glory; to wit, not our own, but Jesus Christs; for he alone is it, who by his death and merits, hath set us free out of the land of darkness, and delivered us from the guilt and punishment of our sins; and he only it is, who by virtue of his Spirit, applying his death and resurrection unto us, doth enable us to ascend out of the power of sin, and to ⟨p. 137⟩subdue and mortify the corruptions thereof. And none but he raiseth up our minds from the earth and earthly things, and giving us entrance into his heavenly joys by faith and hope, doth transport our hearts and affections thither, whither our souls and bodies shall afterwards ascend. In a word, it is he alone, who by virtue of the same spirit, uniting us unto him as members of his body, doth cause us to ascend in soul at the hour of death, and in body and soul joined together at the general resurrection, and giveth them full and actual possession of Gods kingdom. And therefore let us beware, that we trust not to ascend up into heaven by the broken ladder of the merits of Saints, or our own works and worthiness, for so shall we rob Christ of his glory, and our selves of all comfort in this life, and happiness in the life to come: seeing these rotten and broken steps will most fail us when we most rest upon them; but let us look to ascend by Christ alone, who is the only sound and strong ladder, upon which the Angels descend to carry us up with them into Abraham's bosom, John 1. 51. and the true and straight 2way whereby we may ascend out of this vale of misery, into the Kingdom of everlasting glory: as himself speaketh, John 14. 6.3
The last thing to be considered, is, by what vertue and power we ascend out of the land of darknesse, into the kingdome 1