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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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We be therefore taught by this Prophet to be circumspect and wary, how we accumulate & heap upon our souls infidelity, and the wicked works thereof: for as they be the only cause of trouble, so do they not only work trouble, but also increase trou- ⟨image 101⟩and augment the heaviness of the spirit and pains of the body, as is declared marvellously by the grave and profound sentences following. Wherein he declareth what it was that his spirit searched so diligently for. It was this.
We be therefore taught by this Prophete to be circumspect and warie, how we accumulate & heape vppon our soules infidelitie, and the wicked workes thereof: for as they be the only cause of trouble, so do they not onely worke trouble, but also increase trou- ⟨image 101⟩and augment the heauinesse of the spirit and paines of the body, as is declared meruellously by the graue and profound sentences following. Wherein he declareth what it was that his spirite searched so diligently for. It was this.
7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever? and will he be no more entreated? 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? And is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? And will he shut up his loving kindness in displeasure? 10 And I said, It is mine own weakness: but the right hand of God can change these things.
7 Will the Lord absent himselfe for euer? and wil he be no more intreated? 8 Is his mercie cleane gone for euer? And is his promise come vtterly to an end for euermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gratious? And will he shutt vp his louing kindnesse in displeasure? 10 And I said, It is mine owne weakenes: but the right hand of God can chaunge these thinges.