A69234:418
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.
By the children then who are to plead with their mother, we are to understand all those amongst the Israelites, who upon the hearing of the divorce and rejection of the Church, were ready to expostulate with God, and (to excuse themselves) would not stick to lay the fault of their rejection upon him.
By the children then who are to pleade with their mother, we are to vnderstand all those amongst the Israelites, who vpon the hearing of the diuorce and reiection of the Church, were ready to expostulate with God, and (to excuse themselues) would not sticke to lay the fault of their reiection vpon him.
Secondly, by their mother in this place, we are to understand the Synagogue and Church of Israel, and more especially their rulers and governors both ecclesiastical and civill: for whereas they above others should have maintained Gods pure worship & service, and contained their inferiors in holy obedience; they were the first who did forsake God, and betook themselves to the worshipping of idols, drawing others by their authority and example into the like wickedness; and that in a twofold respect: the first concerned their religion, when as they were mislead by the false doctrine of their ecclesiastical governors, and drawn from God to their idols: the other concerned their policy, when as by their civill rulers, they were moved to join themselves in league and in near friendship with idolatrous Nations, whereby also they themselves were corrupted and seduced.
Secondly, by their mother in this place, we are to vnderstand the Synagogue and Church of Israel, and more especially their rulers and gouernours both ecclesiasticall and ciuill: for whereas they aboue others should haue maintained Gods pure worship & seruice, and contained their inferiours in holy obedience; they were the first who did forsake God, and betooke thēselues to the worshipping of idols, drawing others by their authority and example into the like wickednesse; and that in a twofold respect: the first concerned their religion, when as they were mislead by the false doctrine of their ecclesiasticall gouernours, and drawne from God to their idols: the other concerned their policy, when as by their ciuill rulers, they were moued to ioyne themselues in league and in neere friendshippe with idolatrous Nations, whereby also they themselues were corrupted and seduced.