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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The like example we have before of king David in the Book of the Psalms,¹ ²³where be these words. In trouble and adversity, I said: I was cast away from the sight of thine eyes, ô God. And as Job sometime said, If he should die, yet he would trust in the Lord. So said David a little before, If he should go in the middest of the shadow of death he would not fear. In the which Psalm ye may see, how constantly his soul waited upon the Lord: yet in the 31 Psalm his troubles were so great, that in them he said, I am cast from the sight of thee, ô God. So that these testimonies and examples of the Scriptures ⟨p. 46⟩do declare, that to have the soul to wait upon the Lord,⁴ is to be assured that God will help in trouble, and patiently to bear the trouble without grudge, until God send remedy and help for it.

The like example we haue before of king Dauid in the Booke of the Psalmes,¹ ²³where be these wordes. In trouble and aduersitie, I said: I was cast away from the sight of thine eyes, ô God. And as Iob sometime saide, If he should die, yet he would trust in the Lord. So sayde Dauid a litle before, If he should goe in the middest of the shadowe of death he would not feare. In the whiche Psalme ye may sée, how constantly his soule wayted vpon the Lorde: yet in the 31 Psalme his troubles were so great, that in them he saide, I am cast from the sight of thee, ô God. So that these testimonies and examples of the Scriptures ⟨p. 46⟩do declare, that to haue the soule to wayte vppon the Lord,⁴

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