A69234:674
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.
Secondly, God thus performeth his promise, not by freeing ⟨p. 280⟩them altogether from wars, but by defending and delivering them in the day of battle, so as the force and fury of their enemies shall not hurt them: and this is signified by the phrase here used, for he doth not say that he will take clean away the bow, sword, and battle, but that he will break them, that is, weaken, abate, and overrule their force and power, so as they who depend upon him shall not be destroyed by them.
Secondly, God thus performeth his promise, not by freeing ⟨p. 280⟩them altogether from warres, but by defending and deliuering them in the day of battaile, so as the force and furie of their enemies shall not hurt them: and this is signified by the phrase here vsed, for hee doth not say that hee will take cleane away the bow, sword, and battaile, but that hee will breake them, that is, weaken, abate, and ouerrule their force and power, so as they who depend vpon him shall not bee destroyed by them.
Thirdly, this promise is accomplished among the faithful themselves, which howsoever before their conversion they are one to another as cruel and hurtful as lions, tigers, bears, yet after they join themselves to Gods Church, they lay aside their malice and brutish nature, and perform all mutual duties of love & Christian amity, as appeareth Esa. 11. 6. 1But especially under the type of this outward peace, we are to understand that Evangelical and spiritual peace, which is inwardly seated in the heart and conscience, after that we are assured of our reconciliation with God through Jesus Christ, which the Angel first proclaimed, Luk. 2. 14. and our Saviour afterwards promised to all the faithful, who are truly humbled,