A03620:308
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 27. and 28. Verse.
27 For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish: thou ⟨p. 74⟩hast destroyed all them that commit fornication against thee. 28 But it is good for me, to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the Lord God.
27 For loe, they that forsake thee shal perish: thou ⟨p. 74⟩hast destroyed all them that commit fornication against thee. 28 But it is good for me, to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the Lord God.
¶The plain explanation.
¶The plaine explanation.
And good cause have I (Oh Lord) to love thee: for they shall perish, and be destroyed, as many as love any thing besides thee, and forsake thee. Therefore as I know it profitable only to prefer thee (O Lord) in all love and favour: so is it meet that I being thus saved by the mercy, and receiving so many benefits at thy hand, should continually with laud and praise, celebrate and magnify the marvellous works of thy goodness and providence.