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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.
The use which we are to make hereof is: first, that we yield unto the Lord the whole praise of our obedience, and of restraining us from committing those sins into which we see others f•l, for he alone maketh the difference between us and them. Secondly, that we do not presumptuously trust in our own strength, thinking that we are able to stand when others fall: but let us work out our salvation with fear and trembling, and whilst we think we stand, let us take heed of a fall. As the Apostle exhorteth. Phil. 2. 12. 1 Cor. 10. 12. And wholly distrusting in our own strength, let us solely rest ⟨p. 28⟩upon the Lord, and the power of his might. Eph. 6. 10. And 1to this end let us remember the example of Peter, Mat. 26 233. 74. And think with our selves, that if this rock were shaken with the tempest of tentation, that we who in comparison are but reeds, cannot stand steady in our own strength. Lastly, considering that Gods powerful word and spirit upholdeth us from falling into sin, we learn continually to crave the Lords assistance, and to make that prayer which Christ hath taught us: O Lord lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, and then shall we find the Lord true of his promise. 1. Cor. 10. 13. For he knoweth how 3to deliver the godly out of tentation, &c. 2. Pet. 2. 9.4