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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 we learn to beware, (as much as may be,) that temptations grow not so far, that Gods admonition, or the remembrance of Gods name be forgotten: but that we do in the middest of discomforts, (as Asaph the Prophet did,) remember and call upon the Lord for help. There is also by this remembrance of God, in the discomfort of the spirit, to be noted, what a vanity all the world, and worldly things be for man in time of trouble, when God shall ⟨image 94⟩show and reveal unto man his sins.1 This Asaph (as we read in the scripture) was a man, whom for his virtues and good qualities, king David appointed to be a Musician for the comfort of many, until the building of the temple of Jerusalem:2 Yet now, (as we see) he is not able to solace him self with his Music, nor yet with any worldly thing: but this only comfort is in the Lord. And here the Prophet declareth the truth of Christs sentence, written in S. Luke:3 What doth it profit a man to win all the world, and to loose his own soul? What external riches can comfort the inward spirit, troubled with sin and transgression of Gods law? None at all doubtless: as the scripture showeth examples every where.4 Al king Davids kingdom was not able to appease his troubled and discomforted spirit, when he said to his troubled soul:5 Why art thou so heavy and sad my soul, and why doest thou trouble me?
Whereof we learne to beware, (as much as may be,) that temptations growe not so farre, that Gods admonition, or the remembraunce of Gods name be forgotten: but that we doe in the middest of discomforts, (as Asaph the Prophet did,) remember and cal vpon the Lord for help. There is also by this remē braunce of God, in the discomfort of the spirite, to be noted, what a vanitie all the world, and worldly things be for man in time of trouble, when God shal ⟨image 94⟩