A69234:439
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.
But as there is no sin so vile, which maketh not some kind of Apology for it self; so this, against which I inveigh, wanteth 1not her excuses: for when those who are vain & wanton in their attires, have their immodesty laid to their charge, they are ready to say, that whatsoever they seem in show, yet their hearts are chaste and honest. But to these I reply, that if they have the hearts of honest and chaste matrons, what have they to do with the habit of an harlot? why do they 2disguise themselves under the visor of a false beauty, unless they meant to deceive and allure? why do they make show of their wares, unless they would offer them to sale? why do they display the banners of lust, unless they meant to be at defiance with chastity and all honesty? why do they play the hypocrites by appearing that they are not? if they be honest in deed, why should they seem harlots in show? if they be dishonest in show and truth, why do they slander and disgrace the name of honesty and chastity, by entitling themselves unto it? In a word, if either they are pure virgins; or chaste matrons, and would have others so to judge of them, let them take away their fornications from their face, and their adulteries from between their breast.
But as there is no sin so vile, which maketh not some kind of Apologie for it selfe; so this, against which I inueigh, wanteth 1not her excuses: for whē those who are vain & wanton in their attires, haue their immodesty laid to their charge, they are ready to say, that whatsoeuer they seeme in shew, yet their hearts are chaste and honest. But to these I reply, that if they haue the hearts of honest and chaste matrons, what haue they to doe with the habit of an harlot? why doe they 2disguise themselues vnder the vizard of a false beauty, vnlesse they meant to deceiue and allure? why do they make shew of their wares, vnlesse they would offer thē to sale? why do they display the banners of lust, vnlesse they meant to be at defiance with chastity and all honesty? why doe they play the hypocrits by appearing that they are not? if they be honest in deed, why should they seeme harlots in shew? if they be dishonest in shew and truth, why doe they slander and disgrace the name of honesty and chastity, by intitling themselues vnto it? In a word, if either they are pure virgins; or chaste matrons, and would haue others so to iudge of them, let them take away their fornications from their face, and their adulteries from betweene their breast.