A69234:532
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.
The sense therefore of these words is this, that the Israelites bestowed that wealth which they had received from God, upon their Idols and Images, making them of their gold and silver, as it is Hos. 8. 4. or else by decking and adorning them 1with rich ornaments, and all costly furniture, as appeareth 2. Chron. 24. 7. or by maintaining their priests, and offering 2sacrifices and oblations unto them, as we may see, 1. Kin. 18. 22. 26. Whereby the sin of this people is much aggravated, in that they did not only not glorify the Lord in his own gifts, by giving unto him the first fruits, and offering unto him oblations and sacrifices, which he required in his law; but also spent these his gifts to the dishonour of God, in bestowing them upon their Idols, Gods arch-enemies. Like unto adulterous harlots, who spend the goods which they have received of their husbands in the maintenance of their lovers, &c. The like place unto this we have, Ezech. 16. 17. 318. 33.
The sense therfore of these words is this, that the Israelites bestowed that wealth which they had receiued from God, vpon their Idols and Images, making them of their gold and siluer, as it is Hos. 8. 4. or else by decking and adorning them 1with rich ornaments, and all costly furniture, as appeareth 2. Chron. 24. 7. or by maintaining their priests, and offering 2