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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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That is to be seen in the prodigal son, which when he had spent all his goods lecherously, and brought him self to most miserable poverty, & to such extreme famine, that he would have been glad to have eaten the meat prepared for the pigs, besides the great heaviness of hart, that weighed the time of prosperity, and conferred it with his estate ⟨p. 50⟩of so extreme misery: yet nothing made him so sorry and pensive, as the calling to his remembrance, how unreverently he had used his most gentle, loving, and benign father, who was not only liberal and free to his children, but also to his hirelings that lacked nothing.
That is to be séene in the prodigall sonne, whiche when he had spent all his goodes lecherously, and brought him selfe to moste miserable pouertie, & to such extreame famine, that he would haue bene glad to haue eaten the meate prepared for the pigs, besides the great heauines of hart, that weighed the time of prosperitie, and conferred it with his estate ⟨p. 50⟩of so extreame miserie: yet nothing made him so sorie and pensiue, as the calling to his remembrance, howe vnreuerently he had vsed his moste gentle, louing, and benigne father, who was not onely liberall and frée to his children, but also to his hirelings that lacked nothing.
This consideration of his offence towards his father, made him a great deal more sorry: then all the pains he otherwise sustained. And thus must every Christian wait upon the Lord, and then doubtless consolation shall follow: as it appeareth by the same prodigal son, and by this Psalm of the Prophet.
This consideration of his offence towards his father, made him a great deale more sorrie: then al the paines he otherwise susteined. And thus must euerie Christian waite vpon the Lord, and then doubtlesse consolation shall followe: as it appeareth by the same prodigal sonne, and by this Psalme of the Prophet.