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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In one place he saith, The fear of his sins did not only overlay his conscience:1 but also crushed and (in manner) all to broke his bones.2 And in another ⟨image 87⟩place, His visage was all defaced with weeping tears: and so abundantly they gushed out of his eyes, that he watered, or rather overflowed his bed with them where he lay. Into what horrible cries and wailings many times he fell for fear of sin:3 this Psalm and many other do declare. The like horror and fear also of the sight and feeling of sin we see to have been in Saint Paul, when he cried out upon him self: Oh wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from this body subject unto death? 4And Mary Nagdalene with the sight and feeling of Gods displeasure against her sin, made tears and weepings enough to wash the fountain of mercies feet, Jesus Christ. But blessed is that conscience feared by the Law,5 whose fear by the sweet promises of the Gospel, is turned into mirth: and blessed be those tears and weepings, that end in consolation:6 and happy is that troubled body,7 whose end is immortality in the resurrection of the just.8 Further, as we see here king David a sinner for fear of Gods judgement, break out into loud cries for help and preservation: the same anguish and trouble of mind and of body, for fear of Gods punishment for sin towards man, was likewise in Christ without sin,9 which said: My soul is heavy unto death: and in such an agony was his body, that he burst out and sweat both water and blood.