A69234:583
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.
And so much concerning the meaning of these words. The Do∣ctrines. The doctrines which arise out of them are these. First, we may observe, that the Lord in the ministry of the word causeth 1his messengers and Ministers to repeat again & again the same reprehensions of sin, & the same punishments which are due unto them; and this he doth partly in respect of our incredulity, whereby at first we give no credit to his word, and therefore to confirm the truth thereof the better in our hearts, he causeth the same things to be again repeated, and the same speeches to be as it were with greater vehemency redoubled; and partly in regard of our negligence, security, and forgetfulness, whereby we either do not attentively mark, or conscionably apply, or fruitfully remember his word at the first hearing. And therefore when we hear the same reprehensions and threatenings delivered often by Gods ambassadors, let not these repetitions cloy us with satiety, but rather sharpen our attention, persuading our selves, that the Lord causeth us to hear the same things repeated, either because through our negligence we have not learned, or through our security and forgetfulness have not applied nor made profitable use of them at the first hearing; or finally that he meeteth with our incredulity by confirming his word with a second repetition.
And so much concerning the meaning of these words. The Do∣ctrines. The doctrines which arise out of them are these. First, wee may obserue, that the Lord in the ministrie of the word causeth 1his messengers and Ministers to repeate againe & againe the same reprehensions of sin, & the same punishmēts which are due vnto them; and this he doth partly in respect of our incredulitie, whereby at first wee giue no credit to his word, and therefore to confirme the truth thereof the better in our hearts, he causeth the same things to be againe repeated, and the same speeches to bee as it were with greater vehemencie redoubled; and partly in regard of our negligence, securitie, and forgetfulnesse, whereby wee either doe not attentiuely marke, or conscionably applie, or fruitfully remember his word at the first hearing. And therefore when wee heare the same reprehensions and threatnings deliuered oftē by Gods ambassadours, let not these repetitions cloy vs with sacietie, but rather sharpen our attention, perswading our selues, that the Lord causeth vs to heare the same things repeated, either because through our negligence wee haue not learned, or through our securitie and forgetfulnesse haue not applied nor made profitable vse of them at the first hearing; or finally that hee meeteth with our incredulitie by confirming his word with a second repetition.