A69234:464
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 so much concerning the punishment of the adulterous mother, the whole Synagogue & Church of Israel. In the next place he forewarneth her of the punishment of her children, vers. 4. And I will have no pity upon her children; Vers. 4 for they be the children of fornications. In which words are contained 1two things, first the punishment, & secondly the cause thereof. In the first we are to consider, first, against whom this punishment is threatened, & secondly, the punishment it self.
ANd so much concerning the punishment of the adulterous mother, the whole Synagogue & Church of Israel. In the next place he forewarneth her of the punishment of her children, vers. 4. And I wil haue no pity vpon her children; Vers. 4 for they be the children of fornications. In which words are contained 1two things, first the punishment, & secondly the cause thereof. In the first we are to consider, first, against whom this punishment is threatned, & secondly, the punishment it selfe.
- 1The exposition.
The persons against whom this punishment is denounced, are the children of the adulterous mother; And I will have no pity upon her children. Whereas he saith, And I will, &c. by this connection he signifieth, that unless his adulterous spouse whom he had divorced, would take away her fornications and adulteries by true repentance, he would not content himself with her divorce and spoil, but he would go forward in his course of just vengeance, to inflict the like ⟨p. 180⟩punishments upon her children.
The persons against whom this punishment is denounced, are the children of the adulterous mother; And I will haue no pitie vpon her children. Whereas he saith, And I will, &c. by this connexion he signifieth, that vnlesse his adulterous spouse whom hee had diuorced, would take away her fornications and adulteries by true repentance, he would not content himselfe with her diuorce and spoile, but hee would goe forward in his course of iust vengeance, to inflict the like