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The chief and principal articles of the Christen faith to hold against the Pope,…The chiefe and pryncypall articles of the Christen faythe to holde againste the Pope,…
The chief and principal articles of the Christen faith to hold against the Pope, and all papists, and the gates of hell, with other three very profitable and necessary books the names or titles, whereof are contain in the leaf next following. Made by Doctor Marten Luther. To the reader. In this book shall you find Christian reader the right probation of the right old catholic Church, and of the new false Church, whereby either of them is to be known. Read and judge.The chiefe and pryncypall articles of the Christen faythe to holde againste the Pope, and al papistes, and the gates of hell, with other thre very profitable and necessary bokes the names or tyttels, whereof are conteyne in the leafe next followynge. Made by Doctor Marten Luther. To the reader. In thys boke shal you fynde Christian reader the ryght probation of the righte olde catholyke Churche, and of the newe false Churche, whereby eyther of them is to be knowen. Reade and iudge.
printed by S. Mierdman for Gwalter Lynne, 1548
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And Cornelius Act. x. had heard long before by the Jews, of Messiah that was to come,1 whereby he was righteous before god. And his prayer and alms accepted in such faith, (even as Luke calleth him righteous & fearing God) & could not believe, nor be righteous without such words, or hearing going before. But s. Peter was fain to declare unto him, that Messias (in whom to come he had thitherto believed) was now come, & that his faith concerning the Messiah, that was to come did not hold him captive any longer with the hard hearted Jews, but might know that now he must be saved through the present messias, & that he should not with the Jews deny, nor persecute the same &c.
And Cornelius Act. x. had hearde longe before by the Iewes, of Messias that was to come,1 whereby he was ryghteous before god. And his prayer and almose accepted in such fayth, (euē as Luke calleth him righteous & fearyng God) & could not beleue, nor be righteous without such wordes, or hearyng goynge before. But s. Peter was fayne to declare vnto him, that Messyas (in whome to come he had thitherto beleued) was nowe come, & that his faith cōcernyng the Messias, that was to come did not hold him captyue any longer with the hard herted Iewes, but might knowe that now he must be saued through the presēt messias, & that he shoulde not with the Iewes denye, nor persecute thesame &c.
- 1Actu. x.
Summa the Enthusiasmus sticketh in Adam & his children, from the beginning, until the end of the world, grafted and planted in them of the old dragon, and is occasion, might & power of all heresy, also of the papacy and machomette. Therefore ought and ⟨image 36⟩