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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 4 (verses 10-20): ¶The fourth part.
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Yet in Sauls confession was some thing good, in that he confessed (although it were long first and in manner wrested out of his mouth by the Prophet Samuel) his fault to God: and in that point he did as David did,1 who said: I have offended the Lord. 2And this is to be noted,3 because now adays men be taught to confess their sins to the Saints4 departed,5 that know not what the outward works of men be upon the earth:6 much less the inward & sinful cogitation of the heart. So that in this part, ⟨p. 116⟩the Papists confession is worse then Sauls: and in the other part it is like.7 For as Saul trusted to the merits of Samuel, and would have him to bear his sin:8 so do the people trust, that the Priests hand upon their head, & the penance enjoined them by the Priests, shall be a clean remission and full satisfaction for all their sin: but before God, their sins be as much forgiven them as Sauls were, that is to say, nothing at all.
Yet in Saules confession was some thing good, in that he confessed (although it were long first and in manner wrested out of his mouth by the Prophete Samuel) his fault to God: and in that point he did as Dauid did,1 who sayde: I haue offended the Lord. 2And this is to be noted,