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Certain godly, and most necessary annotations upon the thirteenth chapter to the RomansCertaine godly, and most necessarie annotations vpon the thirteenth chapter to the Romanes
Certain godly, and most necessary annotations upon the thirteenth chapter to the Romans: set forth by the right vigilant pastor: John Hopper, by Gods calling, Bishop of Gloucester.Certaine godly, and most necessarie annotations vpon the thirteenth chapter to the Romanes: set forth by the right vigilant pastor: Iohn Hoper, by Gods calling, Bishop of Gloucester.
printed by Robert Walde-grave, 1583printed by Robert Walde-graue, 1583
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The text.
The night is passed, & the day is come nigh.
The night is passed, & the dai is come nie.
The night is called the time of false doctrine and ignorance, in which men live naughtily unpunished, where as the true light, Christ and his word is not preached, there the greatest virtue is accounted vice, & vice accounted for virtue, & sins rebuked, are excused & extenuated. So is all true judgement taken from the world, for in the night no man can judg colours. In papistry ⟨image 23⟩ye see matrimony judged to be incest, the use of Gods creatures flesh & such like, to be heresy. Again, manifest idolatry taken for the honouring of god: Monkery, for perfect life: Whoredom, for mockery, and not worthy a half penny pardon, &c. The day that S. Paul speaketh here of, is the time wherein the gospel of Christ is opened to the world, the which bringeth not only true doctrine, but also life everlasting. For Christ is the light of the world. If then Christ the very son and brightness of God, hath illuminated us, we must saith S. Paul diligently walk in him, and live, an honest and virtuous life, as he exhorteth earnestly in the words that followeth.