A03620:132
Certain comfortable expositions of the constant martyr of Christ, M. John Hooper, Bishop of…Certeine comfortable expositions of the constant martyr of Christ, M. Iohn Hooper, Bishop of…
Certain comfortable expositions of the constant martyr of Christ, M. John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester written in the time of his tribulation and imprisonment, upon the XXIII. LXII. LXXIII. and LXXVII. Psalms of the prophet David.Certeine comfortable expositions of the constant martyr of Christ, M. Iohn Hooper, Bishop of Glocester and Worcester written in the time of his tribulation and imprisonment, vpon the XXIII. LXII. LXXIII. and LXXVII. Psalmes of the prophet Dauid.
London: printed by Henry Middleton, 1580London: printed by Henrie Middleton, 1580
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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.
My soul truly waiteth upon God.
My soule truely wayteth vpon God.
Out of the first part (wherein is contained, what the Christian should do in the time of trouble) is to be noted, what it is for a man to have his soul waiting still upon God: or else to ⟨image 42⟩have silence always in his soul towards God, in the days of adversity. As this Psalm speaketh.
OVt of the first part (wherein is conteyned, what the Christian should doe in the time of trouble) is to be noted, what it is for a man to haue his soule wayting still vppon God: or else to ⟨image 42⟩haue silence alwayes in his soule towardes God, in the dayes of aduersitie. As this Psalme speaketh.
When the Christian man or woman in the time of sorrow and heaviness,1 without grudge or impatience looketh for the help of God, and giveth not himself to quarrelling or complaining of God, as though he did him wrong and punished him too much: then doth the soul wait upon the Lord, or else hath silence towards God. As we may see by Job: where his soul attended still upon the Lord. When his goods, cattle, house, and children, were taken from him, he said after this sort:2 The Lord gave them, the Lord hath taken them away: as the Lord is pleased, so is it done: The name of the Lord be blessed, All this while he bore the cross of God without murmur or grudge: and had his soul still waiting upon God, as this Prophet here saith. But when he was burdened further, and from the sole of the foot to the top of the head, was stricken with sores and botches: he cursed the day that he was borne in,