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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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¶ The confession or knoweledgynge of the faith of Doctor Marten Luther.
¶ The confessyon or knoweledgynge of the faythe of Doctor Marten Luther.
For as much as I see, that sects & errors from day to day do more and more increase, and that Satan doth not cease from his fury and Tyranny: To ⟨image 40⟩the intent that not from henceforth, during my life or after my decease, any might come, & take hold of me, & falsely interpret my writings, for to stablish their errors thereby, even as the Sacramentaries, and Anabaptists began to do. So will I by this writing before God, and all the world, knowledge my faith from piece to piece, whereby I intend to abide and persevere until my death, and therein (which God vouchsafe to grant me) to depart out of this world, and to come before the judgement seat, of our Lord Jesus Christ.
FOr as moche as I se, that sectes & errours from day to day do more and more increase, and that Satā doth not ceasse from hys fury and Tyrannye: To ⟨image 40⟩thintent that not from hencefurthe, durynge my lyfe or after my deceasse, any myght come, & take holde of me, & falsely interpretate my writtynges, for to stablysshe theyr errours thereby, euen as the Sacramentaryes, and Anabaptistes began to do. So wyll I by thys writtynge before God, and all the worlde, knoweledge my fayth from pece to pece, whereby I intende to abyde and perseuere vntyll my death, and therein (whiche God vouchesafe to graunte me) to departe out of thys world, and to come before the iudgement seate, of oure Lorde Iesus Christe.