A69234:580
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.
Thirdly, he saith, that she followed her lovers: whereby is signified their obstinate persistence in this their sin; for they did not once or twice fall into this sin, through error or infirmity, but they followed their idols,, and went on in the course of their superstitions, walking in their idolatries, as in ⟨p. 236⟩their usual path, and common high way. So vers. 6.
Thirdly, he saith, that she followed her louers: whereby is signified their obstinate persistance in this their sin; for they did not once or twice fall into this sin, through errour or infirmitie, but they followed their idols,, and went on in the course of their superstitions, walking in their idolatries, as in ⟨p. 236⟩their vsual path, and common high way. So vers. 6.
Fourthly, he saith, that their hearts were so wholly set upon their idols, and that they followed them with such great earnestness and intention of mind, that they forgot the Lord; like unto harlots, who are so bewitched, and wholly transported with a fury of blind love, or rather lust towards their lovers, that they altogether forget their lawful husbands, and all the benefits which they have received from them. So that here he aggravateth the impious folly, and more then brutish blockishness of this people, who were so blinded, and even drunken in their idolatrous superstitions, that neither Gods word, nor his works, neither his blessings and benefits, nor his judgements and punishments, would put them in mind of God, and of those duties which they owed unto him. But how could the Israelites be said to have forgotten God, seeing still they professed themselves his people, and performed some kind of service unto him? I answer, they are said to forget him, because they did not remember him to be such a God, as he had revealed himself in his word; namely, that he was a Spirit most holy, most pure, and infinite in all perfections, but figured and represented him in a little image, whom heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot contain; and because they forgot to perform unto him that pure worship, which he had enjoined unto them in his word, and in stead thereof, offered unto him their own will-worship, and the idolatrous inventions of their own brain: and thus one is said to forget another, when they forget to perform those things, which the one required, and the other promised.