A69234:452
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.
Thirdly, he saith that he will leave her like a dry land, that is, he will deprive her of all her comforts, pleasures and delights, like a dry and scorched ground, where for want of moisture all the pleasant herbs and sweet flowers wither and fade away.
Thirdly, he saith that hee will leaue her like a drie land, that is, he will depriue her of all her comforts, pleasures and delights, like a drie and schorched ground, where for want of moisture all the pleasant herbes and sweet flowers wither and fade away.
Lastly, he threateneth that he will flay her with thirst, that is, he will overwhelm her with the greatest miseries; for water is more easily come by then food, and therefore the extremity of their want is hereby in a lively manner described, when as they should want even water to quench their thirst, and save their life. Where he also alludeth to the state of the Israelites in the wilderness, who had no water but what the Lord brought out of a rock in a miraculous manner. Neither doth he only aim at this bodily thirst for want of water, but also at the thirst of the soul, for want of ⟨p. 174⟩the water which floweth from the sanctuary the word of God, of which Amos speaketh, Chap. 8. 11. 13. And of the 1water of life, of which whosoever drinketh, shall never more thirst, even the Spirit of God, of which our Saviour speaketh: Joh. 4. 14. 7. 38. 39.2
Lastly, he threatneth that he will flay her with thirst, that is, he will ouerwhelme her with the greatest miseries; for water is more easily come by then foode, and therefore the extremitie of their want is hereby in a liuely manner described, when as they should want euen water to quench their thirst, and saue their life. Where he also alludeth to the state of the Israelites in the wildernesse, who had no water but what the Lord brought out of a rocke in a miraculous manner. Neither doth he onely aime at this bodilie thirst for want of water, but also at the thirst of the soule, for want of