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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.
But forasmuch as the tree of affliction bringeth forth no such fruits, unless it be watered with the sweet dew of gods spirit: therefore let us also make this use hereof, that when we are afflicted, we earnestly pray unto God, that he will sanctify our miseries to our use and benefit: and out of this poison, gather for our good, this sweet honey of humiliation and obedience: that is, that our poverty may turn to our spiritual enriching with the gifts of his spirit, that our trouble may tend to eternal rest, our shame to glory, our sense of pain, to the increase of our sense of sin, and that our light and momentany afflictions may cause unto us a superexcellent 1and eternal weight of glory.
But forasmuch as the tree of affliction bringeth forth no such fruits, vnlesse it be vvatered vvith the sweet dew of gods spirit: therefore let vs also make this vse hereof, that when we are afflicted, we earnestly pray vnto God, that hee will sanctifie our miseries to our vse and benefit: and out of this poyson, gather for our good, this sweet hony of humiliation and obedience: that is, that our pouerty may turne to our spirituall inriching with the gifts of his spirit, that our trouble may tend to eternall rest, our shame to glory, our sence of paine, to the encrease of our sence of sinne, and that our light and momentanie afflictions may cause vnto vs a superexcellent 1and eternall waight of glory.
Secondly, we learn that the Elect in their afflictions go directly unto the Lord, by his Son Jesus Christ, that they may be reconciled unto him, and be received into grace, and not unto Saints and Angels, as it is the custom of the Papists, who when they are in any danger or trouble make their prayers and vows unto the Virgin Mary, Peter and other Saints.