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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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Of Cloister vows.
Of Cloyster vowes.
For as much as the Cloister vows fight quite and straight against the chief and principal article. So ought they to be clean abolished. For they are those, whereof Christ speaketh, Mat. xxiiij. Ego sum Christus &c.1 For he that voweth to lead a cloister life, the same believeth, that he leadeth a better life, than the commune Christen man, and will by his works, not only bring him self to heaven, but also to help other to heaven, This is to deny Christ. And they boast by their S. Thomas, that cloister vows be equal with baptism. This is a blasphemy to God.
For as muche as the Cloyster vowes fighte quite and streyght against the chiefe and princypal article. So ought they to be cleane abolysshed. For they are those, whereof Christe speaketh, Mat. xxiiij. Ego sum Christus &c.1 For he that voweth to leade a cloyster lyfe, thesame beleueth, that he ledeth a better lyfe, than the commune Christen man, and wil by his workes, not onely bringe hym selfe to heauen, but also to helpe other to heauen, This is to denye Christ. And thei boaste by their S. Thomas, that cloyster vowes be equal with baptisme. This is a blasphemye to God.
- 1Matth. xxiiij.