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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 is the tyranny and violence of sin to be perceived and seen:1 which is first in this verse to be noted. It taketh all mirth from the spirit, and bringeth in heaviness and discomfort. It taketh away sleep, and placeth for it tediousness and sorrowful watch. It taketh away also the speech of the tong, and leaveth the man mute and speechless. If sin can do so painful things in the body and soul, whilst they be yet conjoined together, and there is hope of remission: what can it do, when the one is in the earth, and the other in hell separated, or else both of them conjoined again in the resurrection of the wicked, where there is no hope of redemption, but assurance of everlasting pain? Besides this, it is to be noted in this verse,2 containing the increase of the Prophets heaviness, what a precious jewel man or woman hath: that hath a quiet heart and peaceable conscience. For where so ever they be, there be all the members of man & woman, wholly bent unto the service and honouring of God. The eyes shall never be turned from their service: neither shall the tongue cease (if it be able to speak) to sound forth always the glory of God. As David saith:3 Mine eyes be always towards the Lord. Again:4 I lifted up mine eyes unto the Lord. As the eye of the handmaid attendeth upon her Mistress: so our eyes attend upon the Lord. Again:5 Mine eyes Lord be not proud. And in another Psalm he saith, There should come neither sleep ne slumber in his eyes, until he had provided a place for the ark of God to rest in. In case the spirit be troubled, or in a contempt ⟨p. 100⟩of Gods laws, not liking his holy devises: the eyes be either troubled with overmuch watch, (as in this Psalm we see:) or else bent to see vanity, the lusts and concupiscence of the flesh and the world. Wherefore David prayed the Lord,6 to turn his eyes that they looked not upon vanity.