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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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The fourth means that the heavenly shepherd useth in keeping of his sheep, the Prophet setteth forth under the name of oil, and a full cup. In the word of God these words have also comfortable significations and meanings extending to Davids purpose. Isaac, when he had given the blessing from Esau to Jacob, said to Jacob, God shall give thee of the dew from heaven, 1and from the fruitful ground thou shalt have abundance of corn, of wine, and oil, &c. By the which blessing, he meaneth that Jacob should lack nothing to serve his ⟨p. 35⟩needs, and to make him merry. And if we take David that he meaneth by (Oil) as Isaac did, that at the Lords table was all plenty, mirth and solace, we take him not amiss: for so many times oil is taken for consolation and joy in the Scriptures. When Christ had purged the hurt mans wounds, first with smarting wine, he afterwards put into them sweet oil, to ease the smart and sharpness of the wine. And so likewise saith our saviour Christ to Simon the Pharisee,2 that gave him meat enough to his dinner, but gave him no mirth: Since I came into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet, nor oil for my head, this poor woman never ceased to wash my feet with the tears of her eyes, 3and to anoint them with oil. But in many Psalms king David useth this word (Oil) to signify the holy Ghost, as when he speaketh of our Saviour Christ:4 Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity, therefore hath God anointed thee with the oil of joy above thy fellows. And this oil is not the material oil that kings and priests were anointed withal in the old time of the law, of whose confection we read in the book of the Levites: but this is the oil by whose efficacy, strength and power, all things were made, that is to say, the holy Ghost.5 And in his 89. Psalm, he speaketh of the oil in the same signification. Therefore I take king David here, when he saith, God hath anointed his head with oil, that God hath illuminated his spirit with the holy Ghost. And so is this place taken of godly men,