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…

Name: Certain comfortable expositions of the constant martyr of Christ, M. John Hooper, Bishop of…
Author: John Hooper

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.

John Hooper d. 1555London: printed by Henry Middleton, 1580London: printed by Henrie Middleton, 1580

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Commentary Psalm 62 › ¶What things are to be noted out of every particular part of this… › Part 1 (verse 1): THE FIRST PART.Commentary Psalm 62 › ¶What things are to be noted out of euerie particular part of this… › Part 1 (verse 1): THE FIRST PARTE.

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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,³ and the night wherein he was conceived, with many more unquiet and lamentable words, as it appeareth in his Book.

When the Christian man or woman in the time of sorrowe and heauinesse,¹ without grudge or impatience looketh for the helpe of God, and giueth not himselfe to quarelling or complayning of God, as thoughe hée did him wrong and punished him too muche: then doth the soule waite vpon the Lord, or else hath silence towardes God. As wee maye sée by Iob: where his soule attended stil vpon the Lord. When his goodes, cattell, house, and children, were taken from him, he said after this sorte:² The Lord gaue them, the Lorde hath taken them away: as the Lorde is pleased, so is it done: The name of the Lord be blessed, All this while hee bore the crosse of God without murmur or grudge: and had his soule still wayting vpon God, as this Prophet here saith. But when he was burdened further, and from the sole of the foote to the top of the head, was stricken with sores and botches: he cursed the day that he was borne in,³

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