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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.
Fourthly, whereas he saith they break out like unruly beasts 1who would be held in by no sense, & like swelling streams, which break down their banks, and over-flow the whole country; here again we may observe the nature of sin, which if it be not quickly suppressed will grow so violent & contagious, that nothing will restrain nor contain it with in any bounds. The violence thereof if once it hath taken full possession of us is such, that neither Gods love, mercy and manifold benefits, nor yet his law, fearful curse, fierce wrath nor terrible judgements will restrain us from running head-long into it; yea rather sin will take occasion by the commandment to work in us all manner of concupiscence; as appeareth, Rom. 7. 8. And such is the contagious infection thereof, that it will not be contained in the 2persons who are already poisoned there-with, (but like a river which hath swelled over his banks) overfloweth a whole country. And as the canker, or gangrene, having taken one member of the body, if it be not presently cured, or cut off doth corrupt the next, until it have rotted the whole body: so if sin having tainted some few members of a body politic, be not by wholesome laws and execution of justice killed and suppressed, it will like the gangrene spread over and corrupt the whole body of the common wealth.
Fourthly, whereas he saith they breake out like vnruly beasts 1who would be held in by no sence, & like swelling streames, which breake downe their banks, and ouer-flow the whole country; here againe wee may obserue the nature of sinne, which if it be not quickly suppressed wil grow so violent & contagious, that nothing will restraine nor containe it with in any bounds. The violence thereof if once it hath taken full possession of vs is such, that neither Gods loue, mercie and manifold benefits, nor yet his law, fearefull curse, feirce wrath nor terrible judgements will restraine vs from runing head-long into it; yea rather sinne will take occasion by the commaundement to worke in vs all manner of concupisence; as appeareth, Rom. 7. 8. And such is the contagious infection thereof, that it will not be contained in the