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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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Here may we learn the circumstances and causes,1 how the trouble of the Prophet Asaphes spirit ⟨image 93⟩was increased.2 It was trouble engendered by sin, (the occasion only of all mens miseries,)3 opened and revealed unto the conscience by the law, condemned by justice to eternal fire, and it continued all night: yea,4 how much more, the scripture declareth not. In the which night, the darkness thereof represented unto his eyes outwardly, the horror of hell prison: and also his bed, the grave and sepulchre, wherein all flesh is clad, after the spirit departeth. The sheets of mans flesh after this life, be nothing but earth above and earth underneath: as whilst it liveth, it is clad with such vain things as grow upon the earth.
Here may we learne the circumstances and causes,1 how the trouble of the Prophet Asaphes spirite ⟨image 93⟩was increased.2 It was trouble ingendered by sinne, (the occasion onely of al mens miseries,)3 opened and reuealed vnto the conscience by the law, condemned by iustice to eternall fire, and it continued al night: yea,4 how much more, the scripture declareth not. In the which night, the darknesse thereof represented vnto his eyes outwardly, the horrour of hell prison: and also his bed, the graue and sepulchre, wherein al flesh is clad, after the spirite departeth. The shéetes of mans flesh after this life, be nothing but earth aboue and earth vnderneath: as whilest it liueth, it is clad with such vaine thinges as grow vpon the earth.