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A03627	An exposition vpon the .23. psalme of Dauid full of frutefull and comfortable doctrin, written to the citye of London by Iohn Hooper, bushop [sic] of Gloceter and Worceter, and holye martyr of God for the testimonye of hys truth. Wherunto is annexed an apology of his, agaynst such as reported that he cursed Quene Mary, wyth certaine godlye and comfortable letters in the ende.	Hooper, John, d. 1555.; Bull, Henry, d. 1575?; Hooper, John, d. 1555. Apologye. aut	1562 (1562)	STC 13752; ESTC S113071	47,811	140

and matched with swyne too feede like swyne eate lyke swyne suche meate as swyne eate remembringe that the worste in his father● house was a prince and noble kynge in comparyson and respecte of hym then also beinge perswaded of his fathers mercy he returned and his father brought him in to his pleasant swete pastures gaue him his old fauour and accustomed apparell again as a manne to keepe companye with men and no more wyth adulterou● men and vncleane swyne Howe be it be came not to his olde honoure ●gayne tyll the Lorde had practysed in him that he practised in thys prophet kynge Dauid animam meam conuertit h● conu●rted and tourned mysoule It is but a folye for a man to flatter him selfe as thoughe he were a christian man when his hearte and soule is not turned vntoo the Lorde he shall neuer feede in the pastures of lyfe but be an hipocryte all the dayes of his life as the moste parte of the worlde be that professe Christ● name at thys presente daye They saye they bee conuerted frome the worlde too God when there is nothinge wythin the pastures of Gods worde but that they wyll contemne rather then too haue as muche as an cuyll looke of the worlde for it They saye they be conuerted to God when they be contented with the worlde to ●onoure that for God that is b●t breade and wyne in the matter and substaunce as the scrypture of God and the holye churche of Christ haue taught beleued these 1500. y●ars and more Oh. Lord be these menne turned to thee be these the men that shall dwell wyth thee in thy holye mounte of Sy●n and stande in thy holy place Maye doubtlesse for they be not turned ●o thee but from thee and be not with thee but agai●st tho● They speake wyth the and yet theyr deede● dishonour thee they talke of truthe and practise lies What good lorde shall thy symple and poore vnlearned shepe doe Where shall they seeke thy truth For the ●hepeheards say sing this psalme euery weeke at euery dirige for the dead yet thei be not conuerted in their spirites too thee that thou mightest lead thē in to the pathes of righteousnes But lord there is no manne nowe in maner that dare accuse them they destroye them selues and thy sheepe and no man can be suffered with gods word to remedye it Notwythstandyng● good Lorde although in this world none maye accuse them yet they in the worlde to come shall haue kinge Dauid whose psalmes they dayelye reade and in whome they moste glorye too accuse them both of here●ye and blasphemye as Moses shall accuse the wycked Iewes whome they moost glorye of For as the Iewes r●dd● the scripture of Moses and yet w●●●neuer the better so these priestes of Antichrist reade the holy scripture and yet neyther the people nor they them selues are any thinge the better And in this they passe the abhomynation of the Iewes and Turkes For they were and yet be content that theyr bokes of religion shall be vsed in theyr churches in the vulgare and common tonge but these enemies of god and man wold not haue the worde that God hathe appoynted for all mens saluation to be vsed in anye tonge but in the latten The God therfore of ●eace that broughte agayne from death to life the greate shepehearde of the sh●epe by the bloude of the euerlastinge tement oure Lorde Iesus Chris● conuerie the soules and heartes of all those that cause the sheepe of God thus to eate and feede vppon the carine and infected pastures of meunes tradicions Amen Now as kinge Dauid in this text hath wonderfully set forth the miserable nature of all Gods sheepe and put him selfe for an example that the nature and condicion of all menne is corrupt wycked and damnable so that it can not be partaker of gods benediction and euerlastinge grace excepte it be borne a newe amended restored and instructed So likewise he sheweth that none conuerteth the soule of man but the heauenly father the great shepeheard that both seeth the loste state of his shepe wylleth of his mercy the saluatiō and calling of the shepe home again and then he proceedeth further shewethe what the heauenlye shepehearde wyll doe wyth his sheepe he sayeth he wyll leade them in to the pathes of iustice Wherein the prophet declareth that it is not onelye God that conuerteth the man from ●uyll but also he alone that keepeth him in goodnes an vertue And therein is shewed a wonderfull myserye and wretchednes in the soule and bodye of man that can neither begynne nor yet continue in a lyfe acceptable vnto God except● that God wholye wooreke the same hymselfe And as it declareth the wonderfull wretchednes of man so doeth it many felte and sette foorthe a wonderfull and vnspeakeable mercy and compassion of god towards man ▪ that so meruailouslye and graciously he can be contente to healpe and saue his ennemye and verye aduersar●e But herein is required of as manye as the Lorde conuerteth frome iniquity and synfull lyuinge that they walke in the same lawe and vse their conuersation in equitye and iustice as it becometh obediente men and women redemed with the shepeheards precious bloud For the Lor● do●th not teache his sheepe the trut● that they should liue in falshode neither g●ueth he them the remission of theyr sinnes that they should returne to the same agayne but because they shoulde ●tudiouslye applye and ●●lygentlye excercyse the● selues in vertuous woorkes too the honour of almightye God There be two sortes of people that the Lorde wyll iudge and punishe in the later daye wyth extreame ire and ●ustice The one sorte ●e called vpon to learne the knowledge of god and of Gods honoure as gods word co●maundethe but they wyll not heare nor obey the calling but know god learne God as the custome and maner of the world is to knowe him and learne him thoughe it ●e neuer so farre frome the truthe And the other sorte be contented to heare and learne to knowe God and too serue ●im as he teacheth in his holye and most pure worde but in theyr harts consente not to theyr knowledge but contrarye to it they do out●ward seruice to a false god frame their conuersation both in religion ●owards God and their maners toward men as men of the world do So that god hath no more reuerence of hym that knoweth the truth thē of him that i● ignoraunte of the truthe Esaye the prophet speaketh agaynst y t first sort of menne that wyll not heare when they be called nor learne when they be taught and saith when other men shall laughe they shall weepe when ●ther be merye they shall be sorye when other be whole they shall bee sycke when other men shal lyue they shal die and when other men reioyce in myrthe they shall lament● in sorowe And good cause whye sayth saint Paule for the Lord

sayed Lorde chastene mee not in thy ●urye nor punishe me in thy wrathe my soule is sore troubled but how longe lord wylte thou dyfferre healpe And of suche troubled consciences wyth c●nflyctes ye shall fynde often tymes in the booke of psalmes and in the reast of Gods scriptures yet shall ye fynd the end of the temptation to be ioyful and comfortable to the weake man that was so sore troubled For althoughe God suffer a longe fyghte betwene hys poore souldier and the d●uyll yet he geueth the victory to his seruaunte as ye may see in king Dauyd When he cryed oute that b●the his bodye and soule was weri●d wyth the crosse of Gods punishemente yet he sayed at the laste discedite a me oper arij iniquitatis quoniam exaudiuit dominus vocem fletns mei departe frome me ye woorkers of iniquitye for the Lorde hath bearde the voyce of my weepings And in other of hys psalmes ye shall perceaue hys faye●h more weake and his soule troub●ed wyth suche ang●yshe and soro●e that it shall se●me there is no consotion in his soule nor anye shewe of Gods carefulnes to wardes him In this state ye maye see hym in the 13. psalme where as a manne in maner destitute of al consolation he maketh his complaynte sayinge howe longe wylte thou forgette me The same may ye reade also in the. 43. psalme where he sheweth that he his moste iust cause and the doctrine that hee professed was lyke altogether too haue bene ouercome so that his spirite was in manner all coumfortles Then hee sayed too hys owne soule quare tristis es anima mea et quare cōturbas me Why art thou so heauy my soule and whye doeste thou trouble mee Truste in the Lord c. And in the. 42 psalme he setteth foorth wonderfullye the bytter syghte and sorowefull conflicte betwene hope and desperation Wherein he complayneth also of his owne soule that was so much discomforted and byddethe it truste in the lord Of the whych two places ye maya learne that no manne hadde ●u●r fayeth at all tymes lyke but sometimes more stronge sometimes more weake as it pleased God too geue it Let no man therfore despaire although he find weakenes of faith for it shall make hym to humble him selfe the more and too be the more diligent to praye to haue helpe when he p●rceau●th his owne weakensse and doubteles at lengthe the weake manne by the stronge God shall be broughte to this poynte that he shal in all troubles and aduersities saye with the prophet if I should go thorowe the shadowe and daungers of deathe I woulde not feare what troubles so euer happen And he sheweth hys good assurance in the text that folow●th which is the syxt part of this holye and bl●ssed himne ¶ The .6 parte of the psalme ¶ Whereby the troubles of Gods electe bee ouercome The texte ¶ For thou arte with me thy rodde and thy staffe comforte me thou shalte prepare a table before mee agaynst them that trouble me thou hast anoynted my heade with oyle and my cup shall be full The explanation SEinge thou art with mee at whose power will all troubles go and come I doubt not but to haue the victory and ouerhand of them how many and daungerous so euer they be for thy rodde chasteneth me when I go astraye and thy staffe stayeth me when I should 〈◊〉 Two thinges most necessarye for me good lorde the one to call me frome my faut and errour and the other to keepe me in thy truthe and very●ye What can be more blessed then to be susteined and kepte from falling● by the staffe and strengthe of the moste highest And what can be more profitable then too be beaten wyth hys mercyfull rodde when we go astray For he chasteneth as many as he loueth and beatethe as manye as he receaueth in too his holye profession Notwithstanding whiles we be here in this life he fedeth vs with y e swete pastures of holsome herbes of his holye worde vntyll we come too eternall lyfe and when we put of theese bodye● and come in too heauen and knowe the blessed fru●tion and riches of his kingedome then shall we not onelye be his sheepe but also the geastes of his euerlastynge banke● The whiche Lord thou settest before al them that loue thee in this world and doest so anoynt and make gladde oure myndes wyth thyne holye spirite that no adversities nor troubles can make vs sorye In thys syxte parte the prophet declareth the olde saying emongs wise menne non minor est virtus quam querer● par●a tueri that is to saye it is no lesse mastrye to keepe the thynge that is wonne then it was to wyn it Kinge D●uyd perceaueth r●ghte well the same and therefore as before in the psalme he sayed the Lorde turned his soule and ledde him in to the pleasaunte pastures where as vertue and iustice raygned for his names sake and not for anye righteousnes of his owne So sayeth he nowe that beinge broughte in too the pastures of truthe and in to the fauoure of the almightye and occompted and taken for one of hys sheepe it is onely god that keepeth and mayntayneth hi● in same state condicion and grace For he coulde not passe thorowe the troubles and shadowe of death as he and all Gods electe people muste do but onelye by the assistaunce of God and therefore he sayeth he passed thorowe all perryll because he was wyth him Of this parte of the psalme we learne that al the strength of mā is vnable too resist the troubles and persecutions of gods people and that the grace and presence of god is able to defende his people and nothinge but it Therefore doeth Saynte Paule byd the Ephesiians be stronge throught the Lorde and throughe the myght of his strengthe for he sayeth that great and manye be oure aduersaryes stronge and mightye whiche go abou●e not onely to weaken vs but also to ouercome vs and we of oure selues haue no power to wythstand wherefore he wylleth us to depende and staye onely vpon Gods strength And Sayncte Peter al●o when hee hath declared the force and malyce of y e devyll he wylleth vs to resist hym strongelye in fayeth And Saincte Iohn sayeth that this is the victorye that ●●ercometh the world ●uen our fayeth And oure sauioure Chris●e when the ty●e was come that hee should departe out of the worlde corporallye and perceaued howe maliciou●●● and strongly the d●u●l and the world were bente agaynste his diseyples that he shuld leaue in the world as th●●e●monges wolfes and towlyttle ●trength his poore flocke hadde agaynst suche merua●lous trouble●t he made his mo●te holye and effectuous prayer for them presente and them in trouble and likewise for vs that be nowe and also in trouble in thys sorte Pater sa●cte serua eos per nomen t●um quos dedisti mihi c. That is to saye holye father keepe them for thy names sake