A69234:632
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 second thing to be considered in this verse, is the Churches joy and thankfulness, in the present fruition of Gods gifts, and future hope of greater benefits, signified in these words, And she shall sing there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when as she came up out of the land of Egypt. In which words is expressed the Churches joy and thankfulness, together with the place or time thereof; their joy and thankfulness is signified by their singing of praises unto God, the author of all these benefits, which continuing in the former allegory and allusion, he compareth to that rejoicing, and praising God, which the Israelites used after their deliverance out of Egypt, when as they saw Pharaoh and his army drowned in the red sea, of which we may read, Exod. 15. under which special we are generally to understand all 1their rejoicing and songs of praises, for all Gods benefits, especially when they were in the valley of Achor, and had entered into the possession of the land of promise.
The second thing to bee considered in this verse, is the Churches ioy and thankfulnesse, in the present fruition of Gods gifts, and future hope of greater benefits, signified in these words, And she shal sing there as in the daies of her youth, and as in the day when as she came vp out of the land of Egypt. In which words is expressed the Churches ioy and thankfulnes, together with the place or time thereof; their ioy and thankfulnes is signified by their singing of praises vnto God, the author of all these benefits, which continuing in the former allegorie and allusion, he compareth to that reioycing, and praising God, which the Israelites vsed after their deliuerance out of Egypt, when as they saw Pharaoh and his armie drowned in the red sea, of which we may reade, Exod. 15. vnder which speciall we are generally to vnderstand all 1their reioycing and songs of praises, for all Gods benefits, especially when they were in the valley of Achor, and had entred into the possession of the land of promise.