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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.
Seeing therefore this union between Christ and us, is in 1so many places resembled to marriage, let us in the next place consider the great similitude which is betwixt them, that so we may the more plainly conceive of this excellent mystery, which is the ground and foundation of all our good and happiness.
Seeing therefore this vnion betweene Christ and vs, is in 1so many places resembled to mariage, let vs in the next place consider the great similitude which is betwixt them, that so wee may the more plainly conceiue of this excellent mysterie, which is the ground and foundation of al our good and happinesse.
- 1The great similitude between our spiritual union with Christ and marriage.The great similitude betweene our spiritual vnion with Christ and mariage.
First, as unto every lawful marriage, there is required that the parties married be of the same kind and nature, so it is in this spiritual marriage; for the Son of God the second person in Trinity took upon him our nature and was made flesh, that so he might be a fit husband of the Church; and the Church is regenerate and purged from her sins and corruptions 1of nature, that so being made like Christ in holiness and unblameableness, she might become a fit spouse for Christ: as the Apostle speaketh, Ephes. 5. 25. 26. 27. So that if 2we speak properly, neither God the Father, nor God the holy Ghost is the husband of the Church, but God the Son, who alone took upon him our nature, and became like unto us: and therefore both this and all the like places of Scripture, which speak of the marriage between the Lord and the