Title page of The chief and principal articles of the Christen faith to hold against the Pope,…, 1548

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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,…

Name: The chief and principal articles of the Christen faith to hold against the Pope,…
Author: Martin Luther

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.

Martin Luther 1483–1546printed by S. Mierdman for Gwalter Lynne, 1548

[248] p. · 40k words · STC 16964 · ESTC S108922

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Part › Part 3 › Of the Curse.

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Of the Curse.

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¹The great curse, as the Pope doth call it, do we take for a mere temporal correction, and touched not us ministers of the church.

¹The great curse, as the Pope doth call it, do we take for a mere temporal correction, and touched not vs ministers of the churche.

1Great curse.Greate curse.

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But the lesser, that is the right Christen curse, That the open stubborn since should not be admitted or suffered to come unto the Sacrament, or other communion of the church, until they amend their lives, and eschew sin. And the preachers ought not to mingle the temporal correction with this spiritual correction or curse.

But the lesser, that is the ryghte Christen curse, That the open stubborne synnes should not be admitted or suffred to come vnto the Sacrament, or other communion of the churche, vntyl they amende theyr lyues, and eschewe synne. And the preachers ought not to myngle the temporal correction with thys spiritual correction or curse.

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Martin Luther 1483–1546

Printer

S. Mierdman

Bookseller

Gwalter Lynne

Year

1548

Size

[248] p.

Words

39,547

Catalogue

STC 16964 · ESTC S108922

Text

EEBO-TCP A06491

Passages

520

Sections

Title page

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,…

Of the Curse.

Of anointing, consecrating, or calling.

Of anoyntynge, consecratynge, or callynge.

Of matrimony concerning Priests.

Of matrimony concernyng Priestes.

Of the Church.

Of the Churche.

Howe man is justified before God, and of Good works.

Howe man is iustifyed before God, and of Good workes.

The author

Transcription key

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Of the Curse.

Of anointing, consecrating, or calling.

Of anoyntynge, consecratynge, or callynge.

Of matrimony concerning Priests.

Of matrimony concernyng Priestes.

Of the Church.

Of the Churche.

Howe man is justified before God, and of Good works.

Howe man is iustifyed before God, and of Good workes.

The author

Transcription key