John Trapp on 1 Timothy 1:13

Verſe 13. Who was before a blaſphemer] Chryſostom obſerves it of Paul, as his greateſt honour, that although he had obtained pardon of God for his ſins, yet he is not aſhamed to reckon them up to the world. So David does penance in a white ſheet, as it were, Pſal. Popiſh decrees,Act. and. Mon. 1574. 51. titl. So Augustine writeth books of Confeſſions. And I was as obſtinate a Papiſt, ſaith Latimer, as any was in England, and ſo ſervile an obſerver of the Popiſh decrees, that I thought I had never ſufficiently mingled my maſſing-wine with water, and that I ſhould never be damned, if I were once a profeſſed Frier. Alſo when I ſhould be made Bachelour of Divinity, my whole Oration went againſt Philip Melancthon and his opinions. And ſtanding in the ſchools when Mr Stafford (a godly Orthodox Divine) read,Ibid 9 [illegible: 1 letter]4. Latimer bad the ſchollars not to hear him, exhorted the people not to believe him. And yet the ſaid Latimer confeſſed himſelf, that he gave thanks to God that he asked him forgivenes before he departed.