A69234:815
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.
He further addeth: Thou shalt not play the Harlot, that is, thou shalt not live in thy adulteries and uncleanness with thy lovers as thou hast done in former times, but thou shalt wholly wean thy hart and affections from them, that thou mayest fix it wholly upon me. And thou shalt be to no other man, or, thou shalt be to no man: that is, thou shalt remain like a desolate widow, and spend thy time in sorrow and mourning for many days, without either lover or husband, for neither will I my self be married unto thee, neither will I suffer thee to marry with any other man, but thou shalt abide single and solitary, till I see fit time to take thee to wife. Now because it might seem some wrong, if the Prophet restraining this adulteress from all others, should in the mean while reject her and make choice of some other wife, therefore to comfort her that she might bear her widow-hood with greater patience, he assureth her that in the mean time he will make choice of no other, but remain single and alone as well as she. And this he signifieth in these words, And I will be so unto thee, that is, as thou shalt not come at me nor match thy self with any other, so I will neither join my self unto thee as yet, nor in the mean time, reject thee utterly and make choice of any other, but I will remain single as well as thou, that when thou hast given sufficient testimony of thine unfeigned repentance, I may again join thee unto my self in marriage.
He further addeth: Thou shalt not play the Harlot, that is, thou shalt not liue in thy adultries and vncleannesse with thy louers as thou hast done in former times, but thou shalt wholy weane thy hart and affections from them, that thou maiest fixe it wholy vpon me. And thou shalt be to no other man, or, thou shalt be to no man: that is, thou shalt remaine like a desolate widdow, and spend thy time in sorrow and mourning for many dayes, without either louer or husband, for neither will I my selfe bee married vnto thee, neither will I suffer thee to marry with any other man, but thou shalt abide single and solitarie, till I see fit time to take thee to wife. Now because it might seeme some wrong, if the Prophet restraying this adultresse from all others, should in the meane while reject her and make choyse of some other wife, therefore to comfort her that she might beare her widdow-hood with greater patience, he assureth her that in the meane time hee will make choyse of no other, but remaine single and alone as well as she. And this he signifieth in these words, And I will be so vnto thee, that is, as thou shalt not come at mee nor match thy selfe with any other, so I will neither joyne my selfe vnto thee as yet, nor in the meane time, reject thee vtterly and make choyse of any other, but I will remaine single as well as thou, that when thou hast giuen sufficient testimony of thine vnfayned repentance, I may againe joyne thee vnto my selfe in marriage.