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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03636	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.	Hooper, John, d. 1555.	1549 (1549)	STC 13760; ESTC S109478	11,816	50

can that be Abrahames or Jacobes sede that neuer toke any of their substaunce but came from heauen and was made of an other kind of nature then Abraham and Jacob was of Who is able by good auctorite of the scrypture to warraunt Christes humanite incase it be vnknown of whō he shoulde take it As these mē knoweth not y t denyeth Christe to take the nature of man of the blessed virgine Unto Dauid God made the lyke promyse of Christe to be borne of hys sede 2. Samuel 7. When thy dayes be paste and thou slepeste wyth thy fathers I wyll suscitat thy sede after the that shall come out of thy bely The same haue ye 1. Paral. 17. and also Psalm 132. The Lorde swore a trueth vnto Dauid and wyll not go fromit I wyll set vpon thy sete one of the fruyte of thy belye Nothinge is more clere then these wordes Noman douteth but all these places appertayne vnto Christ the sonne of the holye virgine Who is called here the sede of Dauid Also that it shoulde come out of hys owne belye concernynge his posterite Thē is Christ called the fruit of Dauid belye God did sware he would thys do Except he be for sworne he hathe done it and in that God be presyde we be agryed Therfore we wyll not tarye long in the proue therof seinge it neadeth no probation One thing I desyre y e Christiā Reader of that he marke well euerye worde of the promyse ▪ where as he callethe hym that is promysed nowe the sede of Dauid then the fruyte of hys wombe yf he so do it shalbe easy to comprehende howe far these men be from the veryte that Christe shoulde be a man of the fathers nature accordynge to the scriptures and yet neuer receyued hys humane nature of none of them all Loke in the scrypture and se what the fruit of the belye is and thou shalte find in euery where it is taken for the child that taketh the beginnynge of hys humanite not onlye in hys mother but also of hys mother and parente And calleth not that the fruyt of the belye that passeth the bely with out the commixtion and participation of the mothers substaūce as the water runneth and passethe thoroughe the pype that mengleth it selfe nothyng with substaūce of the led For a more ample declaration and defence of the trueth concernynge the humanyte of Christ and the originall therof Esaie the prophet hath more open propheties not only assuringe of what familie and trybe Christ shuld be borne but also namethe the condicion of hys mother saying Behold a virgyne shall conceyue bare a chylde the. 7. Chapt. S. Mathew sayth not onelye that she had conceiued but also that the blessed fruit grew in her so that she was great Chap. 1. Esaie in the. 11. Chap. sayth There shall come forthe of the rase of Jesse a braunche and a floure of hys rote and so forth reade the place Now note the wordes of the holy Ghost Conceyue beynge great to bring for the chylde whether euer ye did read in the holy scriptures or in any other boke y t these propertes were found or may be founde in anye sauynge in her of whose nature and substaunce the chyld is formed and made Therfore the virgin which Esay here saythe shall conceyue bryng forth must ministre the part of her substaūce to her fruit otherwyse howe shal it be called her sonne The text amplifyeth thys mater so it self that it neadeth no help of any rethoricall amplificacion Fyrst with thys worde beholde for thys worde declareth that it should be wōderfull and aboue reason that the nature of a virgyne shoulde ministre mater and substaunce to any childe neuer being knowē of mā Had she done no more thē waxed great with nothing of her self and brought forth the thing that was made w t out her it had not bē a thing to be wondred at at al so much as the Prophet speaketh But it is a greater miracle a virgine of her owne nature to be father vnto a chylde by Goddes operation and neuer touched by mā then to bring forth y e burdē that she taketh from another made wythoute her assistaunce and helpe Then goeth forth the Prophete and discusseth the doute forther by a similitude and me taphore taken from atre after this sort Ther shal sayth Esay come forth of the stocke of Jesse a braunche That is to say the blessed virgin Mary note the processe of the texte and from the rote of thys braunche shall sprynge a floure to say Christe our sauiour Thys is the ordre of the text the meaning therof I make the Christiā reader iudge Oute of the which texte note those thinges Firste that Jesus of Nazareth our sauiour concerning his humanite hath not his beginning from heauen nor els where but from the sub staunce of the route of Jesse Marke the wordes of the prophete He sayth not that Christ shalbe a floure grafte or fayned to be annexed to the route but he shalbe borne of the same route Cōsider the symylytude and the wordes of the scripture Christ is called the flour of the braunche It is not vnknowen vnto all men but that the flour is of the nature substaunce of the tre that bareth the floure How can they thē proue tarye in y e text of Esaie seing our sauiour Christ is the flour of that sa crate virgine Mary should not be of her substance and nature Shew vs any floure that is ether of appel tre nut or other y t is not of y e same nature and substaunce that the tre is of whō it springeth If ye graūt the flour to be of the nature substaunce of the stock that bareth y e flour be nomore iniuryouse cruell against Christ the flour fruyt by Gods ordinaūces of the sacrate virgin thē vnto the stock and route of euery floure of the felde Shew vs the flour of an Orange to spring of an Oke thē we wil graunt the humanite of Christe nor to take hys orygynall of man but from heauen or elles from somother begynnynge as you do fayne ye knowe not what And then it muste be graunted euen as of y e nature of no ▪ Orange cā come no orange so of none of Abrahames nature and stocke cā come Abrahames naturall kynsman oure Sauyoure Christ Jesus accordynge to the fleshe But ye wyl not contrary to reason graunt to vs the fyrste nomore can we cōtrary both to reason and to the holy scripture graūt you the seconde These places and promyses of the olde testament consydered we wil bring forth the autoryte of the newe Testament that shall confirme the same ¶ Testimonyes of the new Testamente OUte of the olde Testament we haue heard y t Christ should be born according to the holy scripturs Nowe let vs heare how y e effect answereth to y ● for more propheties In case the new testament should not in effect performe asmuch