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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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Commentary Psalm 77 › Body of exposition › Part 2 (verse 2): ¶The second part.
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And thus being made afraid thoroughly of sin, the mind is occupied with sorrowful and heavy cogitations:1 and the tongue by vehemency of the spirit, brought into clamours and cries. As we may see commonly by examples left unto us in the word of God, that where sin is throughly felt in the conscience, the feeling sinner is not only troubled within in spirit, but also outwardly in all the members and parts of his body: as it is to be seen most manifestly in king David.
And thus béeing made afrayde thoroughly of sinne, the mind is occupied with sorrowfull and heauie cogitations:1 and the tongue by vehemencie of the spirite, brought into clamours and cryes. As we may sée commonly by examples left vnto vs in the word of God, that where sinne is throughly felt in the conscience, the feeling sinner is not onely troubled within in spirite, but also outwardly in all the members and partes of his bodie: as it is to be séene most manifestly in king Dauid.
- 1What ensueth after the fear of conscience for sin.What ensueth after the feare of conscience for sinne.
In what a sea of heaviness was king David in his conscience, when he spake to his own soul:1 Why art thou so heavy and sorrowful, ô my soul, and why dost thou thus trouble me? Again, How long wilt thou forget me (ô Lord?) for ever? And in other Psalms we may see, into what trembling and fear outwardly he was brought by the knowledge and feeling of his sin.
In what a sea of heauines was king Dauid in his conscience, when he spake to his owne soule:1