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A lesson of the Incarnation of Christ that he toke, [sic] his humanity in…A lesson of the Incarnation of Christe that he toke, [sic] his humanite in…
A lesson of the Incarnation of Christ that he toke, [sic] his humanity in and of the Blessed Virgin made the twentieth day of June by John Hopper. 1549.A lesson of the Incarnation of Christe that he toke, [sic] his humanite in and of the Blessyd Virgine made the twentithe daye of Iune by Iohn Hoper. 1549.
printed by S. Mierdman for Edward Whitechurch, 1549printed by S. Mierdman for Edwarde Whitechurch, 1549
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¶ In case Christ had been in all things conceived and borne as we be, there objection were true. But the Angel in the first of Saint Luke declareth the ⟨image 17⟩diversity between the conception and birth of Christ and ours. The holy ghost saith he unto the holy virgin shall come upon thee, and the might of the hiest, shall shadow thee. And in case the almighty had not sanctified and hallowed the seed of David in the sacrate virgin, which Christ toke in her womb, it might have ministered some suspicion, that Christ being man of sinful nature, should also ben a sinner him self. But the scripture declareth, not only Christ to be the seed & fruit of the virgin, but also a seed and fruit without sin. Saying, the thing that shall be borne of thee is holy, & shall be called the Son of God. This testimony of the will of God in the scripture should suffice the ⟨image 18⟩people of God. Why seek we a knot in a rush, & put doubt in a manifest verity, or to fear of the thing, that Gods word plainly putteth out of fear, and saith, It shall be no sinful fruit, nor vitiated seed that the blessed virgin shall bring forth, but it shall be an holy fruit. Luc. 1. And in the same place Elizabeth saith, Blessed is the fruit of thy belly. The holy woman will admit no curse or malediction of sin in this fruit. The Prophet Hier. 23. sayeth, that God promised to suscitate unto David a righteous branch.
¶ Incase Christ had bene in all thynges conceaued and borne as we be, there obieccyon were true. But the Angel in the first of Saynt Luke declareth the ⟨image 17⟩dyuersyte betwene the conceptyon and byrth of Christe and oures. The holye ghoste sayth he vnto the holye vyrgyne shal come vpon the, and the mighte of the hyest, shall shadowe the. And incase the almightye had not sanctified and halowed the sede of Dauid in the sacrate virgyne, whych Christ toke in her wombe, it mighte haue mynystred some suspiciō, that Christ beynge man of synfull nature, shuld also ben a synner him self. But the scrypture declareth, not only Christ to be the sede & fruyte of the vyrgyne, but also a sede and fruyte wythout syn. Saying, the thynge that shalbe borne of the is holye, & shall be called ye sonne of God. This testimony of the wyll of God in the scrypture shulde suffyce the