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An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet JonahAn ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas
An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet Jonah: made, and uttered before the kings majesty, and his most honourable council, by John Hopper in lent last past. Comprehended in sieve[n] sermons. Anno. M.D.L.An ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas: made, and vttered before the kynges maiestie, and his moost honorable councell, by Ihon Hoper in lent last past. Comprehended in seue[n] sermons. Anno. M.D.L.
London: printed by John Daye, 1550London: printed by Ihon Daye, 1550
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
From my troubles I have called upon the Lord, and he herd me: from the deepness of the deepest I cried, & thou herdest my voice.
From my troubles I haue called vpon the Lord, and he herd me: from the depnes of the depest I cryed, & thou herdest my voyce.
☞Out of this first part we learn two doctrines: the one that we should not despair, nor clean caste of God in adversity. The other, that in adversity we should not fly, nor seek any forbidden, or unlawful means of help. And these two things observed Jonah in this his trouble: and we should do the same, according to the commandment of God.
☞Out of thys fyrst parte we learne two doctrines: the one that we shuld not dispaire, nor cleane caste of God in aduersitie. The other, that in aduersitie we shulde not flye, nor seeke any forbydden, or vnlawefull meanes of help. And these two thynges obserued Ionas in this his trouble: and we shuld do the same, accordynge to the commaundemente of God.
Psalm. rcix. Call upon me in the day of thy troubles, and I shall hear thee, as he did at all times. Psal. xcix. And this cry of Jonah to the Lord was rather the cry of his heart, then the noise or sound of his mouth, as Moses was. Exod. xiiii. and the good woman's. i. Samuel. i.
Psalme. rcix. Call vpon me in the day of thy troubles, and I shall heare the, as he dyd at all tymes.