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For as much as it becometh the preacher of¹ Christs glad tidings / first through opening of the law / to rebuke all things & to prove all things sin / that proceed not of the spirit and of faith in Christ / & to prove all men sinners ⟨image 230⟩& children of wrath by inheritance / and how that to sin is their nature / & that by nature they can none other wise do than to sin / and therewith to abate the pride of man / and to bring him unto the knowledge of him self / and of his misery and wretchedness / that he might desire help. Even so doeth saint Paul and beginneth in the first Chapter to rebuke unbelief and gross since which all men see / as the idolatry / and as the gross since of the heathen were & as the since now are of all them which live in ignorance without faith / & without the favour of God: & saith. The wrath of God of heaven appeareth through the Gospel upon all men for their ungodly & unholy living. For though it be known & daily understood by the creatures / that there is but one God yet is nature of her self without the sprite & grace so corrupt & so poisoned / that men nether can thank him / neither worship him / nether give him his due honour / but blind them selves and fall without ceasing in to worse case / even until they come unto worshipping of images and working of shameful since which are abominable and against nature / and moreover suffer the same unrebuked in other / having delectation and pleasure therein.

For as moche as it becōmeth the precher of¹ Christes glad tydinges / first thorow opening of the lawe / to rebuke all thinges & to proue all thinges synne / that procede not of the sprit and of faith in Christe / & to proue all men synners ⟨image 230⟩& chyldren of wrath by inheritaunce / and howe that to synne is their nature / & that by nature they can none other wyse do than to synne / and therwith to abate the pryde of man / and to bringe him vnto the knowledge of him selfe / and of his miserye and wretchednes / that he myght desyre helpe. Euen so doeth saynet Paul and beginneth in the fyrst Chapter to rebuke vnbelefe and grose synnes which all men se / as the ydo latrie / and as the grose synnes of the hethen were & as the synnes nowe are of all them which lyue in ignorance without fayth / & without the fauoure of God: & sayth. The wrath of God of heuen appereth thorowe the Gospell vpon all men for their vngodly & vnholy lyvinge. For though it be knowē & dayly vnderstond by the creatures / that ther is but one God yet is nature of hyr selfe without the sprite & grace so corrupte & so poysoned / that men nether can thanke him / neder worshippe him / nether geue him his due honoure / but blinde them selues and faule withoute ceasinge in to worse case / euen vntyll they come vnto worshippinge of ymages and workinge of shamefull synnes which are abhominable and agaynst nature / and moreouer sofre the same vnrebuked in other / hauinge delectacion and pleasure therin.