A03620:349
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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10 Therefore fall the people unto them, &c.
10 Therefore fall the people vnto them, &c.
Out of this part is to be noted, how dangerous a thing it is, to be continually assaulted with temptation: and that the end of it (for the most part) is the conquest and overthrow of as many as be assaulted. As we may see by the examples of our forefathers. Temptation not resisted at the beginning,1 prevailed against the innocent fathers Adam and Eve in Paradise: against Cain in murder:2 against Aaron & the people in idolatry:3 against Nemroth in pride: against David in adultery:4 against Judas in avarice: against Aaron and Mary his sister in envy:5 against Esau in gluttony:6 against Pharaoh in pride: against Herod in hypocrisy:7 against the Pharisees in blindness and obstinacy of mind:8 against the Jews in the slander of Christs death:9 10against the Gentiles in ignorance of Gods word:11