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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.
It is Jehovah that speaketh, who is omnipotent and omnisufficient, and therefore he is able to punish us if we neglect his word, be we never so mighty; and sufficient to reward us and to protect us from all enemies and other dangers, if we hearken unto it and obey it.
It is Iehouah that speaketh, who is omnipotent and omnisufficient, and therefore he is able to punish vs if we neglect his word, be we neuer so mightie; and sufficient to reward vs and to protect vs from all enemies and other daungers, if we hearken vnto it and obey it.
It is Jehovah, who is not only in himself infinite in all perfection and the chief goodness, but also doth communicate this his goodness unto his creatures: for in him we live, and move, and have our being: Act. 1728. He hath created us of nothing, and redeemed us when we were worse then 1nothing: he hath given us our being, and doth preserve us that we may continue to be, multiplying upon us all those benefits which are necessary for our health, strength, and welfare; and when notwithstanding we made the end of our being to be in endless misery, he hath procured and provided for us by the price of the precious blood of his best beloved, an eternal being in joy and happiness. Seeing therefore Jehovah is our Lord by a treble right, both because he hath created and given unto us our being, and hath redeemed us that we might ever be in happiness, and provideth all things for us needful at his proper charges, protecting us from all enemies, and delivering us out of all dangers: therefore let us attentively hearken to the voice of our Lord, and diligently practise those duties which he enjoineth us.
It is Iehouah, who is not onely in himselfe infinite in all perfection and the chiefe goodnesse, but also doth communicate this his goodnes vnto his creatures: for in him we liue, and moue, and haue our beeing: Act. 1728. He hath created vs of nothing, and redeemed vs when we were worse then 1