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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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First he noteth generally that God is the doer of wonders,1 and miracles: and afterwards he showeth, wherein God hath wrought these miracles. Of this we learn three doctrines. The one, that some men know generally,2 that God worketh all things marvellously. The second, that other some know that God worketh in some men marvellously. ⟨p. 122⟩The third, that other also know that God worketh in themselves marvellously.
Firste he noteth generally that God is the doer of wonders,1 and miracles: and afterwardes he sheweth, wherein God hath wrought these miracles. Of this we learne thrée doctrines. The one, that some men knowe generally,2 that God worketh all thinges meruellously. The second, that other some knowe that God worketh in some men meruellously. ⟨p. 122⟩The third, that other also knowe that God worketh in themselues meruellously.
- 1God is the doer of wonders.
- 2Three doctrines.
Of the first sort be such as know by Gods works generally, that God hath, and doth dispose all things upon the earth, and nothing hath his beginning nor being but of God:1 of whom Saint Paul speaketh to the Romans, that by Gods works they knew God, and yet glorified him not. Of the second sort be such, as more particularly know and speak of Gods miracles: