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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.
Secondly, the author of these gifts, namely, the Lord of hosts, under whose rule and conduct all the whole army of the creatures are subjected.
Secondly, the author of these gifts, namely, the Lord of hosts, vnder whose rule and conduct all the whole armie of the creatures are subiected.
Thirdly, here is expressed the benefit promised, namely, that he will make all his creatures both in heaven and earth to become his instruments and means to derive his blessings & benefits unto his spouse the Church; in these words, I will hear the heavens, &c. Where he alludeth to the contrary curse threatened against the transgressors of the law. Deut. 28. 23. And the heaven which is over thy head shall be brass, and 1the earth that is under thee iron. 24. And the Lord shall give thee for rain of thy land, dust and ashes, &c. And showeth that after he hath made his new covenant with his Church, and is reconciled unto her in Christ, his curse shall be turned into a blessing. Now under this particular of hearing his Church in the time of dearth, he doth synecdochically promise, that he will hear and relieve her in all her wants and necessities, according to that, Joh. 16. 23. And under these special benefits 2of corn, wine, and oil, are understood all temporal benefits necessary for the use and comfort of Gods Church: so Psal. 4. 7. Yea under them we are typically to understand all 3spiritual gifts and graces: for it was usual in the time of the law to prefigure the kingdom of Christ under the kingdom of David, spiritual peace under worldly peace, eternal life under old age, the riches of heaven under the riches of the earth, our heavenly patrimony and inheritance under the