A03620:94
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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In this Metaphor and Translation, under the name of a staff, king David hath declared the power of God to be such, that in case he should pass by and through thousands of perils, he would not care, for GOD is with him with his rod and staff.
In this Metaphore and Translation, vnder the name of a staffe, king Dauid hath declared the power of God to be such, that in case he should passe by and through thousandes of perilles, he would not care, for GOD is with him with his rodde and staffe.
Then he setteth forth the third Allegory, and expresseth an other means, which God useth for the defence and consolation of his poor sheep, and saith, that GOD hath prepared a table in his sight, against all those that trouble him. By the ⟨image 31⟩name of a table, he setteth forth the familiar, and (in manner) fellowlike love, that the God omnipotent hath towards his sheep, with whom he useth not only friendship, but also familiarity, and disdaineth not (being the King of Kings) to admit and receive unto his table, vile and beggarly sinners, scabbed & rotten sheep.1 That friendship and familiarity is marvellously set forth in this, that he made a table for David: as though David had said, Who is he that can hurt me, when the Lord of Lords doeth not only love me, but admitteth me to be always familiarly in his company? The same manner of speech is used of king David, towards Miphiboseth Jonathan son,2 when he said he should not only have the fields again of Saul his grandfather, but also be entertained at his own table, that is to say, used friendly, honourably, and familiarly. This word (Table) is diversly otherwayes taken many times in the Scripture, but in this place it is nearest to the mind of king David, to take it in this signification that I have noted. And our Saviour Christ taketh it in the same signification, in Saint Lukes Gospel where he saith, his disciples shall eat with him at his table in the kingdom of God.