A03620:292
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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THE 18. and 19. Verse.
18 Namely, thou settest them in slippery places, and castest them down, and destroyest them. 19 Oh how suddenly do they consume, perish, and ⟨p. 73⟩come to a fearful end?
18 Namely, thou settest them in slipperie places, and castest them downe, and destroyest them. 19 Oh howe soudeinly do they consume, perish, and ⟨p. 73⟩come to a fearefull ende?
¶The plain explanation.
¶The plaine explanation.
Doubtless the felicities and pleasures (Lord) that thou gavest to these wicked doers, are slippery and brittle: for so may I well call them, because such as enjoy them (for the most part,) so abuse them in this life, that they loose the life everlasting.
Doubtlesse the felicities and pleasures (Lord) that thou gauest to these wicked doers, are slipperie and brittle: for so may I well call them, because such as enioy them (for the most part,) so abuse them in this life, that they loose the life euerlasting.