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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

frome thy mouthe nor frome the mouthe of thy seede nor from the mo●th of the seede of thy seede from hence foorth vntyll the world● ende Heare doth the almightye God set foorth what a treasure and singuler gift his worde is and that it shal not deparxe frome his people vntyll the worlds ende And in theese words i● this part of Dauids psalme marua●lously opened and set foorth It is the Lorde alone that feedeth and instructeth faith Esaye the prophet It wa● not mannes owne imaginatyon and intention nor the wysedome and religion of his fathers what so euer they were but it was the Lorde that spake and made the couenaunt with man and put his spirit in manne to vnderstande the couenaunte and by his worde and none other woorde he instructed manne and sayde that by these meanes all men should tyll the worldes ende feede and eate of gods blesse● promises For in his woorde he hath expressed and opened to eueriman what he shal haue euen the remission of sinne the acceptation in to his fatherlye fauoure grace to lyue well in this life and at the ende too be receaued in too the euerlastinge life Of these things the reader may know what maintayneth lyfe euen the word of God as Christe sayth if ye abyde in me and my wordes abide in you aske what ye wyll and ye shall haue it He shall learne also that it is not genenerall counsayle prouinciall counsayle the determyna●●on and agreemente of menne that can be the authour of this foode but onelye God And as God is the only authour of this foode euen so is hys holye spirite he that f●edeth the poore simple soule of the Christyan manne myth his blessed pasture and not the wysedome of man mens sacrifyces or mennes doynge● But as touchinge the foode of mans soule too be the onelye woorde of God I wyll if it be Goddes blessed pleasure to whome in the bytter and paynefull passion of Christe I commytte my wyll wyth my lyfe and death open vnt●o the sheepe and lambes of God at large in an other booke ¶ The .3 parte of the psalme ¶ Howe manne is broughte too the knowledge of lyfe and saluatyon Which part sheweth what man is of him self and how he is broughte in to this life to fede in the pleasaunt pastures of gods word THe Texte He shal conuert my soule bring me in to the pathes of righteousnes ¶ The explanation MY soule erred and wente a stray from the righte waye of godly liuinge but the Lorde conuerted me frome my errours and faultes of liuinge and broughte me to the obseruation of his holy lawes wherein is contayned all iustice truthe and godlines Here is to be noted what degrees and orders the Lord heauenlye shepehearde doeth vse i● bringing his shepe unto y ● pasture of life First he conuerteth the man y e is gone astraye bye his wicked wayes and sinfull manner of liuynge If he were an infidele he bringeth him first to know feele hate his infidelity and afterwardes to a true faith If he be a persecutour he sheweth him first his tyrānye and afterwards how to vse him selfe meekelye If he be a sinfull man that liueth contrary to his knowledge professiō he bringeth him first to the knowledge hatred of his syn and afterwards to the forgeuenes of y ● same As Christ our sauyour wonderfully teacheth in S. Iohn wher he satih The holy ghost when he commeth shall rebuke the worlde of synne iustyce and iudgemente By the whiche wordes he declareth that the faythfull of God can not profyt in the gospel of Christ nether loue nor exercise iustice and vertue excepte they be taughte and made too feele the burden and daunger of synne and be brought to humble them selues as menne that be of them selues nothinge but synne And therefore the lawe and threateninges of god be verye holsome whose nature and prosperity is to cyte and call mennes conscience vntoo the iudgemente of God and too wounde the spyrite of manne with terroure and fcare Wherefore Christe vseth ● wonderfull waye and teacheth the same vnto his Apostles that nether him selfe for that presente tyme nor they in time to come coulde preache profitablye the gospell wherewyth menne are ledde in to the sweete and pleasaunte feeldes of Goddes promises by his word except they vse this order to leade them frome synne to iustice and frome deathe to life And as iustice and life commeth by Christ shewed vnto vs in his bytter passion death glorious resurrection so doth synne and death both appeare and be se●te by the spirit of God shewed vntoo vs in the lawe This order also saw● the holy prophet when he said the Lorde conuerteth my soule and leadeth me in to the pathes of ryghteousenes This is a wonderful s●ntence and muche and deepelye to be considered wayed of thee christia● man The Lord conuerteth my soule sayth Dauid he feleeth in him selfe that as longe as the deuyl and sinne haue the rule and kingdome in man the soule of man beinge Gods treasure is deformed foule horrible and so troubled that it is like vntoo all things more then vnto god vertue wherunto it was created but when the wicked deuil and deformed sinne be by the victorye of Christ ouercome and ●xpulsed the soule waxeth faire amiable swete louinge pleasant like vnto God agayne and cometh in to order and obeysauce vntoo hys creatoure and so broughte in to the pathes of righteousnes feedeth with the rest of Gods well ordered flock● vppon the pastures and foode of hys ●olye worde to be his blessed wyll Oh that we would in the glasse of gods word loke vpon our own soules when they be in the tyrannye of the deuyll vnder the kingdome of synne as this kinge dyd we shoulde more loeth and detest our own soule the company that our soule is accompanyed with all then if we shuld for all oure lyfe tyme be put in too styes wyth hogges and alwayes be bound ●urynge oure lyfe too lyue wyth them feede as they feede slepe and wake as they do and be as they be in all thinges Looke in the gospell of Sayncte Luke and there shall ye see a man by synne so foule so disordered so accompanied wyth swine so hongerbaned so rent torne so beggerly so wretched so vile so lothsome so stincking y ● the very swyne wer better for theyr condycion then hee was But se how the heauenly shepeherd beheld frō his heauenly throne the place of the euerlastynge ioyes thys poore strayed sheepe feedinge not emonges sheepe but emonges swyne and yet coulde not be satysfyed therewyth And no maruayle for swyne feede not vppon the meate of shepe nor yet do shepe fyl thē selues with hog●draffe swillings but this shepehearde vsed his olde wonted clemencye and strake the harte of this sheepe making him to weepe and bewayle his condicion a men to come to suche dishonour to be coupled

one as all the rea●t ●aye bee assured he vseth his staffe and force too comforte one kynge Dauyd as hee sayeth thy rodde and thy staffe they comforte me as all other shoulde assure them selues too be safe vnder hys protection In this metaphore and translation vnder the name of a staffe kynge Dauyd hathe declared the power of God too be suche that in case he should passe by and thorowe thousandes of perilles he woulde not care for Godde is wyth hym wyth hys rodde and staffe Then hee settethe foorthe the thyrde allego●ye and expresse the an o●her meanes whyche God vsethe for the defence and consolation of hys poore shepe and saith that god hathe prepared a ta●le in hys syghte agaynste all these that trouble hym By the name of a table he settethe foorthe the famylyare and in maner fellowelyke loue that the God omnypotente hathe towardes hys sheepe wyth whome he vsethe not onelye frendeshyppe but also famylyaritye and dysdaynethe not beynge the kyng of kynges too admytte and receaue vntoo hys table vyle and beggarlye synners scabbed and rotten shepe That frendship and famylyaritye is maruayloussly set foorth in this that hee made a table for Dauid as though Dauid had sayd who is he that can hurt me whi● the Lorde of lords doth not only lou● mee but admytteth me to be alwayes familiarlye in his companye Th● same maner of speach is vsed of king Dauid towards Miph●boseth Ionathas sonne when he sayde he should not onelye haue the feeldes agayne of Saule hys grandefather but also be entertayned at hys owne table that is to saye vsed frendely honourablye and familiarlye This worde table is diuerslye other wayes taken many tymes in the scripture but in this place it is nearest too the mynde of kinge Dauid to take it in this signification that I haue noted And oure sauioure Christe taketh it in the same signification in Saints Lukes gospell where he sayeth his dysciples shall eate wyth him at hys table in the kingdome of god The fourth meanes that the heauenlye shepehearde vseth in kepinge of his sheepe the prophete setteth foorth vnder the name of oyle and a full cuppe In the word of God these wordes haue also comofrtable significations and meaninges extendinge to Dauids purpose Isaac when hee had geuen the blessinge frome Esau to Iacob sayde to Iacob God shall geue the of the dewe frome heauen and from the frutefull grounde thou shalte haue abundaunce of corne of wyne and oyle c. By the whyche blessinge he meatne that Iacob shuld lacke nothinge too serue his needes and to make him merye And if wee take Dauid that he meaneth by oyle as Isaac did that at the Lordes table was all plentye myrthe and solace we take him not amysse for so manye tymes oyle is taken for consolatiō and ioy in the scripture When Christe had pourged the hurte mans woundes first with smartinge wine be afterwardes put in to them swete oyle to ease the smarte and sharpenes of the wine And so likewise saith our sauioure Christe to Simon the Pharisey that gaue him meate enoughe to his dinner but gaue him no mirth Synce I came in too thy house thou gauest me no water for my feete nor oyle for my headde this poore woman neuer ceassed to washe my feete wyth the teares of her eyes and to● anoynte them wyth oyle But in manye psalmes kinge Dauyd vsethe this worde oyle too signifye the holy ghoste as when he speaketh of oure Sauioure Christe Thou haste loued iustice and hated iniquitye therfore hathe God anoynted thee wyth the oyle of ioye aboue thy fellowes And this oyle is not y ● materiall oyle that kings and priestes wer anointed with al in the olde time of the law of whose cōfeccion we reade in the boke of the Leuites but this is the oyle by whose efficacy strength and power all thinges were made that is to say the holy ghost And in his 89. psalme he speaketh of oyle in the same signification Therfore I take kinge Dauyd here when he sayeth God hath anoynted his headde with oyle that God hathe illuminated hys spiryte with the holye ghoste And so is thys place taken of godlye men his heade taken for his mynde and oyle for the holye ghost And as oyle nourishe the lyghte mytigateth labours and paines and exhilerateth the countenaunce so doth the holye ghost nouri●he the lighte and knowledge of the mynde replenisheth it with goddes giftes and reioyseth the hart Therfore the holye ghost is called the oyle of myrth and consolation And thys consolation cometh vnto kinge Dauid and to all gods liuely members by the meanes of Christe as Saincte Peter saith we be people chosen and a princely priesthode c. By the word cuppe in this verse he meaneth that hee is fulley instructed in all Godlye knowledge too liue ver●uouselye and Godlye for the tyme of his mortall life and so is the cup in the scripture takē for any thing that can happen vnto vs whether it be aduersitye or prosperity for they be called cups As Christe sayde of his deathe father if it bee possyble take this cuppe frō me And Dauid in the. 16 psalme vseth it for mans prosperity in God The Lorde sayeth he is the porcion of myne enheritance and of my cup. And therein he speaketh in the name of Christe whose inheritaunce is the whole number of the fayethfull and sayth that his enheritaunce which is the churche by Gods appoyntment is blessed and happye for no aduersitye can destroye it This is meante by Dauids woordes the rodde the staffe the table the oyle and the cuupe and he vseth all these wordes to declare the carefulnes loue and defence of God towardes miserable man And he coulde the better speake thereof vntoo others because he had so manye tymes ●ealte and had experience that God was both stronge and fayethfull towardes hym in all tyme of daunger and aduersity And here is to be noted that the daūgers that man is subiect vnto in this lyfe be not alone suche as heretofore kinge Dauid hath made mencion of as sickenes treason sedicion warre pouertye banishmente and the death of the bodye but he fealte also as euerye man of god shall feele and perceaue that there be greater periles and daungers that man standeth in ieopardye of then these be by occasion of synne the mother of all mans aduersity Synne bringeth a manne in to the displeasure and indignation of god y ● indignation of god bringeth a man in to y e hatred of god y e hatred of god bringeth a mā in to despaire doubtfulnes of gods forgeuenes dyspaire bringeth a mā in to euerlasting pain euerlasting payne continueth and punisheth the damned creature wyth fier neuer to be quenched with Gods anger and displeasure whiche can not be reconciled nor pacified These be the troubles of all troubles and sorowes of all sorowes as oure sauioure Christ declareth in his most