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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 3 (verses 2-9): ¶The third part.
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Whereof cometh the contempt of God,1 the love of our selves and of the world, and the loss of our sinful souls in the world to come. Let us therefore mark the scripture that teacheth this discomfort, and pray to God, that as we see it in the letter: so we may feel it in the spirit. Of the two manner of consolations, it shall be said in the next verse: and of the brightness and darkness also, in the Psalm hereafter.
Whereof commeth the contempt of God,1 the loue of our selues and of the world, and the losse of our sinfull soules in the world to come. Let vs therefore marke the scripture that teacheth this discomfort, and pray to God, that as we sée it in the letter: so we may féele it in the spirite. Of the two maner of consolations, it shall be saide in the next verse: and of the brightnesse and darknesse also, in the Psalme hereafter.
- 1Sin not felt, bringeth the con tempt of God, &c.Sinne not felt, bringeth the cō tempt of God, &c.
Now in the trouble of the spirit is an other thing to be considered, whereof the text also maketh mention: that is, how the discomfort of the spirit had continuance all the night. Whereof is to be gathered the greatness of discomfort. For as the night is a very image of death, and the bed a very similitude of the sepulchre and grave: even so is the discomfort of the spirit in the night, that will not suffer the body to take rest, but to be unquieted with it self.1 The which unquietness of the spirit, is a very similitude and image of eternal discomfort in the world to come, that both body and soul, which were created first to inherit the heavenly bliss, after the fall of Adam, should rest by night, (as king David saith) and after this life,