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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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¶ A Preface.
Seeing we be even so appointed by the ordinance of God, to live, & take the experience & danger of the last time, in the which (as the scripture saith) iniquity shall abound and the true knowledge of God so obscured, that skarse the Son of man when he cometh shall find any faith upon the earth: it is the office of all Christians, and especially of such as teach the word of God, not only to remove and take away false & pernicious doctrine, and then to plant the truth: But also in time to crop & cut of the springing. ⟨image 3⟩and towardly evils, before they be full ripe, lest they should oppress & keep under the doctrine of truth.
SEyng we be euen so appoyntyd by the ordinaunce of God, to lyue, & take the experience & dangere of the laste tyme, in the whych (as the scripture sayth) iniquite shall abound and the trewe knoulege of God so obscuryd, that skarse the sonne of man when he commythe shall fynde onye faythe vpon the earthe: it is the office of all Christianes, and espetiallye of souche as teache the worde of God, not onlye to remoue and take awaye false & pernicious doctrine, and then to plant the truythe: But also in tyme to croppe & cut of the spryngyng. ⟨image 3⟩and towardelye euyles, before they be full rype, lest they shuld oppresse & kepe vnder the doctrine of truythe.
Among all other pernicious doctrine contrary unto the truth, there is one most pestilent and dangerous which denieth Jesus of Nazareth our saviour to have received his humanity and manhood of the blessed & holy virgin Mary and supposeth ether he brought his humanity with him from heaven, or else toke it of some other, than of here. For as much therefore as this ungodly opinion, crept not only into the church immediately after the Apostles, but also the same (being buried and condemned by the scripture) in our miserable, and most perilous time