Hooker: the remedy for fear

Sunday, November 3, 2013
    Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600
    Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639
Meditation:
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust.”
    —Psalm 91:1-2 (NIV)
Quotation:
    It is nature which teacheth a wise man in fear to hide himself, but grace and faith doth teach him where... Where should the frighted child hide his head, but in the bosom of his loving Father? Where a Christian, but under the shadow of the wings of Christ his Saviour.
    ... Richard Hooker (1554?-1600), The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, Oxford: University Press, 1841, p. 526 (see the book)
    See also Ps. 91:1-2; 46:1; 62:7-8; Pr. 14:26; 18:10; Isa. 26:20; Matt. 23:37-39; Luke 13:34-35; Heb. 6:18
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, in You alone is true security. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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