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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.
First, we learn, that howsoever those that belong to Gods election, may for a time leave Gods pure worship, and follow Idols, yea and be so blinded in their superstitions, that when they are afflicted for their sin, they do with more earnestness embrace idolatry; yet the Lord will not so leave them, but at length he will open their eyes, that they shall see their sins, and sensibly discern that they are the causes of their punishments; though for a time in their ignorance and superstition they prefer idolatry before his true worship, yet at last he illuminateth their judgements, so as they may see how much better it is to follow him, then to follow idols, to embrace his true religion revealed in his word, then to follow their own invention. Examples hereof we have in Abraham, in the Israelites coming out of Egypt, and in the time of the Judges, and in many at this day, who have forsaken the idolatries of the whore of Babylon, and have embraced Gods true religion.
First, we learne, that howsoeuer those that belong to Gods election, may for a time leaue Gods pure worship, and follow Idols, yea and be so blinded in their superstitions, that when they are afflicted for their sinne, they doe with more earnestnes embrace idolatrie; yet the Lord will not so leaue them, but at length he will open their eyes, that they shal see their sinnes, and sensiblie discerne that they are the causes of their punishments; though for a time in their ignorance and superstition they preferre idolatrie before his true worship, yet at last he illuminateth their iudgemēts, so as they may see how much better it is to follow him, then to follow idols, to embrace his true religion reuealed in his word, then to follow their owne inuention. Examples hereof we haue in Abraham, in the Israelites comming out of Egypt, and in the time of the Iudges, and in many at this day, who haue forsaken the idolatries of the whore of Babylon, and haue embraced Gods true religion.
Secondly, we may observe, that as soon as they spy their 1errors, they do not go on further in them, but they return into the way of truth; as soon as they see their sins they forsake them, as being the causes of their misery; when they see the veins of their idols, then they return unto the Lord