A03620:314
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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Verse. 1. Truly God is loving to Israel, &c. | The first part is contained in the first verse: and it declareth that God loveth the good, although he punisheth them. Verse 2. My feet were almost gone, &c. | The second part is contained in the second verse: and it declareth how weak & frail a thing the nature of man is, and upon how small an occasion it is in danger to fall from God. ⟨image 71⟩Verse 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. I was grieved at the wicked, &c. | The third part is contained in six verses that follow, wherein the felicity of wicked men consisteth, that good men be so sore grieved Verse 9. 10. 11. Therefore fall the people unto them, &c. | The fourth part is contained in other three verses next ensuing: And it declareth how frail, brittle, and weak a thing man is, that for every trifle turneth, and withdraweth himself from God. Verse 12. 13. Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, &c. | The fifth part is contained in two other verses next following: And it declareth how soon men repent their well doings. Verse 14. Yea and I had almost said even as they, &c. | The sixth part is contained in one verse next following: And it declareth how great a danger it is, temerously to judge of God, or of Gods people, without the word of God. Verse 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Then thought I to understand this, but it was too hard for me, &c. | The seventh part is contained in seven verses next following: And it declareth that mans reason is but ignorant and beastly in considering of Gods works, until it be illuminated by God and his word. And then is made open, how vain all things be that wicked men possess in this world.