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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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An other thing is to be noted out of these six verses, containing the third part of the Psalm: 1That such treasures, riches, and honours, as men set most by in this world, be rather (unto men that have not grace) lets and impediments to everlasting felicity, ⟨p. 83⟩and to the attainment of virtue in this life, then furtherers. As the scripture saith:2 Woe be unto you rich men: which have your consolation. Woe be unto you that are now full: for ye shall hunger. And such as laugh, shall weep. 3Ahab the wicked king not contented with his kingdom, would take Naboths vineyard from him: but it had been better for him that he had been a swineherd: for his lands and riches abused, made him to kill an innocent man, and his true subject. Plentifulness of Gods gifts abused, bringeth contempt of God and man:4 as ye may see how Nabuchodonozer in wealth and riches, envied the living God, and came into bestiality.5 The children of Israel, when they had filled them selves with gifts, were not thankful, but unthankful: and fell from unthankfulness to idolatry, and all abomination. And as men contemn God in prosperity: so do they also their neighbours. As ye may see by this part of the Psalm, whereas the Prophet saith: Their eyes swell for fatness, that is to wit: Their riches and honour puffeth them up in such pride, that they contemn and despise all men.
An other thing is to be noted out of these sixe verses, conteyning the third part of the Psalme: 1That such treasures, riches, and honours, as men set most by in this world, be rather (vnto men that haue not grace) lets and impediments to euerlasting felicitie, ⟨p. 83⟩and to the atteinment of vertue in this life, then furtherers. As the scripture saith: