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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 effects of their conversion are showed in the words following: first, That they shall seek the Lord their God and David their king. Where, by this phrase of seeking the Lord, we are to understand, that having bewailed their former apostasy, and forsaken their sins by true Repentance, they should labour to be reconciled unto God in Christ, worship and serve him according to his Word, invocate his Name, make profession of his true Religion, and embrace the true Jehovah as their only God, by a lively faith. And this large signification hath this phrase of seeking the Lord, not only here, but also else where. So Psal. 24. 6. and 27. 8. Isaiah. 55. 6.1
The effects of their conuersion are shewed in the words following: first, That they shall seeke the Lord their God and Dauid their king. Where, by this phrase of seeking the Lord, we are to vnderstand, that hauing bewailed their former apostacy, and forsaken their sinnes by true Repentance, they should labour to be reconciled vnto God in Christ, worship and serue him according to his Word, inuocate his Name, make profession of his true Religion, and imbrace the true Iehouah as their onely God, by a liuely faith. And this large signification hath this phrase of seeking the Lord, not onely here, but also else where. So Psal. 24. 6. and 27. 8. Esay. 55. 6.1