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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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And here is to be noted, that the dangers that man is subject unto in this life, be not alone such as heretofore king David hath made mention of, as sickness, treason, sedition, war, poverty, banishment, and the death of the body: but he felt also (as every man of God shall feel and perceive) that there be greater perils and dangers that man standeth ⟨p. 36⟩in jeopardy of, then these be, by occasion of sin, the mother of all mans adversity.1 Sin bringeth a man into the displeasure and indignation of God, the indignation of God bringeth a man into the hatred of God, the hatred of God bringeth a man into despair and doubtfulness of Gods forgiveness, despair bringeth a man into everlasting pain, and everlasting pain continueth and punisheth the damned creature with fire never to be quenched, with Gods anger & displeasure which can not be reconciled nor pacified. These be the troubles of all troubles, & sorrows of all sorrows, as our saviour Christ declareth in his most heavenly prayer in S. John,2 Non rogo ut tollas eos è mundo, sed ut serues eos à malo. That is to say, I do not (saith Christ to his heavenly father) pray, that thou shouldest take those that I pray for out of the world, but that thou preserve them from evil. And in this prayer he hath wonderfully taught us, that a Christian man is subject to two troubles, one of the body, and an other of the soul, one of the world, and another of the devil. As for the troubles of the world he saith,3 It is not so expedient, that Christian men be delivered from them, least in idleness we should seek our selves, and not God, as the children of Israel did: but this he knew was most necessary, that the father should preserve us in the midst of these troubles with his help, from all sin, & transgression of his holy laws: & this he assured his disciples of, & all other that put their trust in him: not that they should in this life be preserved & kept from troubles and adversities: but that the heavenly father should always give unto his, such strength and virtue against all the enemies of GOD, and mans salvation, that they should not be over come with troubles, that put their trust in him.