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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.
And these are the means whereby the seed of the faithful is multiplied. In the last place he setteth down the disposition, affection and duty of the Church being called, in these words: And they shall say, thou art my God. Where there is implied the entire love of the Church towards God, in that she useth here the vocative case (as the original hath it) and by a certain kind of hearty acclamation, crieth out, O my God: which brief manner of speech doth most pathetically express the otherwise unexpressable affection & passion of the heart. So Thomas ravished with Christs assured presence crieth out, My Lord and my God, Joh. 20. ⟨p. 319⟩128. and Mary, v. 16. Rabboni, Master, Rom. 8. 15. Secondly, that 2she shall not only believe that the Lord is her God, but also acknowledge and make profession hereof, for she shall not only think it, but also say it. Thirdly, that she shall invocate and call upon his name, as is signified in this phrase of speech, O my God.
And these are the meanes whereby the seed of the faithfull is multiplied. In the last place he setteth downe the disposition, affection and dutie of the Church being called, in these words: And they shall say, thou art my God. Where there is implied the entire loue of ye Church towards God, in that she vseth here the vocatiue case (as the originall hath it) and by a certaine kind of hearty acclamation, crieth out, O my God: which briefe maner of speech doth most pathetically expresse the otherwise vnexpressable affection & passion of the heart. So Thomas rauished with Christs assured presence crieth out, My Lord and my God, Ioh. 20. ⟨p. 319⟩128. and Mary, v. 16. Rabboni, Master,