A03620:467
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 4 (verses 10-20): ¶The fourth part.
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¶The fourth part.
Howe a man taketh consolation in the time of his trouble.
10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but these things the right hand of God can change.
10 And I said, This is my infirmitie: but these things the right hand of God can chaunge.
Here is life and death, and the occasions of both marvellously set forth. He said that it was his infirmity that caused him to question & doubt of Gods mercy. Wherein he hath disburdened God, and charged him self with sin and doubtfulness. And so much all men see and find in them selves, that damnation is of our selves:1 and salvation only of God. There is also to be noted in thi• infirmity, that it occupieth not only the body: but also the soul. For he saith, These cogitations and questions (as touching the doubtfulness of Gods mercy) were the devises and acts of his mind: so that both his body and soul were comfortless. And good cause why: for in both of them were sin and abomination against God. And of these two parts of man, the body & the spirit, came these dubitations of God and of his promises. The which fruits of corruption, engender (except sin be forgiven) eternal death.