A03620:476
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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King Saul,1 after long impulsion by the Prophet Samuel, was brought to confess that he had offended in preserving alive Agag king of the Amalekites, ⟨image 112⟩and the fattest of his cattle. I have offended (saith Saul:) for I have broken and transgressed the commandment of God. 2But what followed? Gods right hand can remedy my sin,3 as this Prophet Asaph saith? or, God hath forgiven the iniquity of my sin,4 as David said? er else: God be merciful unto me a sinner, as the Publican said? No, but this ensueth:5 I Pray thee (saith Saul to Samuel) bear thou my sin. In this mans confession of sin, was not the beginning of consolation, but of more sorrows: for his heaviness from that day more and more increased,6 with his sins: until he was slain.7 And the cause thereof was this. He would that Samuel being but a man,8 should have pardoned his sin:9 whereas none can do it but God, as it is notably to be seen in king David. For when he said, he had offended the Lord, Nathan the Prophet said:10 And God hath taken away thy sins. Wherein is declared, that the minister can but pronounce to the sinner, that God in Christ forgiveth sin. So that we see Judas confession of sin was nothing worth, because he found no faith nor trust for the remission thereof: and Sauls confession was of no valour, because he trusted and desired consolation at mans hand, and not at Gods.