A69234:468
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 this is the punishment here denounced. The cause moving the Lord to inflict it is expressed in these words; For they be the children of fornications. In which words is contained a twofold cause of the children's punishment: the first, because they are the children of fornications; that is, the issue of an adulterous mother: or more plainly thus; because they are members of an idolatrous Church, who by their governors civill and ecclesiastical are nuzzled and nursed, brought up and instructed in idolatry and a false religion.
And this is the punishment here denounced. The cause moouing the Lord to inflict it is expressed in these wordes; For they bee the children of fornications. In which words is contained a twofold cause of the childrens punishment: the first, because they are the children of fornications; that is, the issue of an adulterous mother: or more plainely thus; because they are members of an idolatrous Church, who by their gouernours ciuill and ecclesiasticall are nuzled and nursed, brought vp and instructed in idolatry and a false religion.
The first cause therefore why the Lord rejecteth the children, is in the mother; that is, in the whole Church, especially their governors and rulers, both ecclesiastical and civill; because by the former they were taught not a true, but a false and idolatrous religion; and by the other were not restrained from idolatry and false worship, and urged to worship the true God after a true manner, but rather by their example enticed, and by their authority forced to forsake the true God and follow idols.
The first cause therefore why the Lord reiecteth the children, is in the mother; that is, in the whole Church, especially their gouernours and rulers, both ecclesiasticall and ciuill; because by the former they were taught not a true, but a false and idolatrous religion; and by the other were not restrained from idolatry and false worship, and vrged to worship the true God after a true manner, but rather by their example inticed, and by their authority forced to forsake the true God and follow idols.