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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.
Fourthly, we here learn, that it is not only unlawful to 1worship idols, but also to worship the true God in them. Neither did the Israelites worship the image of Baal, or the false god Baal, thereby represented, but in the idol they worshipped the true Jehovah: for he doth not here forbid them to worship Baal, the god of the Sidonians, but that they should call him any more Baal, that is, call upon and worship him in the image. So that the Papists excuse, under which they mask their idolatry, is vain and frivolous: for they say that they worship not the images, before which they fall, but God in them: and likewise when they worship Saints departed, they affirm that they worship God in and by them. The which their assertion is false, as appeareth by their falling down before them, their making of vows, offering oblations, and their going on pilgrimage unto them: and though it were true, that they did not worship them, but God in them, yet hereby they are not cleared, seeing they commit the same idolatry which God here condemneth in the Israelites.
Fourthly, wee heere learne, that it is not only vnlawfull to 1worship idols, but also to worship the true God in them. Neither did the Israelites worship the image of Baal, or the false god Baal, thereby represented, but in the idoll they worshipped the true Iehoua: for hee doth not heere forbid them to worshippe Baal, the god of the Sidonians, but that they should call him any more Baal, that is, call vpon and worship him in the image. So that the Papists excuse, vnder which they maske their idolatrie, is vaine and friuolous: for they say that they worshippe not the images, before which they fall, but God in them: and likewise when they worship Saints departed, they affirme that they worship God in and by them. The which their assertion is false, as appeareth by their falling downe before them, their making of vowes, offering oblations, and their going on pilgrimage vnto them: and though it were true, that they did not worship them, but God in them, yet hereby they are not cleered, seeing they commit the same idolatrie which God here condemneth in the Israelites.
- 1It is unlawful to worship God in Idols.It is vnlawfull to worship God in Idols.