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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 denounced. The effect of this punishment in the people is twofold. The first is expressed in these words: And she shall follow her Vers. 7 lovers, and shall not come at them; and she shall seek them, and shall not find them, &c. In which words are contained two things: first, the behaviour of these idolaters, when as God ⟨p. 199⟩1had hedged them in with the hedge of afflictions, namely, they follow and seek after their lovers, and that with great anxiety of mind, care and earnest endeavour; for so the word here used signifieth. The second is, that God maketh frustrate all their labour, so as they follow and seek after them in vain.
ANd so much concerning the punishment denounced. The effect of this punishment in the people is twofold. The first is expressed in these words: And she shall follow her Vers. 7 louers, and shall not come at them; and she shall seeke them, and shall not finde them, &c. In which words are contained two things: first, the behauiour of these idolaters, when as God ⟨p. 199⟩1had hedged them in with the hedge of afflictions, namely, they follow and seeke after their louers, and that with great anxietie of mind, care and earnest endeuour; for so the word here vsed signifieth. The second is, that God maketh frustrate all their labour, so as they follow and seeke after them in vaine.
- 1The exposition.
Concerning the first▪ after these idolaters were afflicted for their sins, and so hedged in with troubles and inextricable miseries, that they could not tell what course to take, nor which way to turn themselves; yet they do not presently turn unto the Lord and repent of their sins, nay rather they endeavour to flee from him, and to seek help of their Idols; and as though all these afflictions had betided them, because they had been no more zealous and devout in their superstition and idolatry, therefore they double their diligence, and with greater care and endeavour they worship and serve their Idols, hoping and expecting deliverance from them as a reward of all their pains.