A69234:554
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.
But let us come to the words themselves: in which is expressed, first the time, when he would inflict his punishments: And now will I, &c. where he showeth, that because his patience and long-suffering had made her insolent and secure, ⟨p. 224⟩he would no longer make delays, but presently execute his judgements upon her: and this he doth to make her rouse up her spirits, and speedily to turn unto him by true repentance. Eccles. 8. 11.1
But let vs come to the words themselues: in which is expressed, first the time, when he would inflict his punishmēts: And now will I, &c. where he sheweth, that because his patience and long-suffering had made her insolent and secure, ⟨p. 224⟩he would no longer make delayes, but presently execute his iudgements vpon her: and this hee doth to make her rouse vp her spirits, and speedily to turne vnto him by true repentance. Eccles. 8. 11.1
Secondly, he setteth down the punishment it self, to wit, that he would discover her lewdness, &c. The word here used signifieth, either foolishness, or filthiness: in the first sense it is taken, 1. Sam. 25. 25. Psal. 14. 1.