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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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Also that God the Son hath not only taken upon him the body, without a Soul (as certain heretics have taught) But also the Soul that is, a whole perfect manhood, And the right seed or Child, promised to Abraham and David, ⟨image 42⟩and is borne a natural son of Mary, In every condition and shape a right man, even as I am my self and all other, except that he was borne without sin, only of the virgin by the holy Ghost.
Also that God the Sonne hath not onely taken vpon hym the body, withoute a Soule (as certeyn heretykes haue taught) But also the Soul that is, a whole perfecte manhode, And the ryght seede or Chylde, promysed to Abraham and Dauid, ⟨image 42⟩and is borne a naturall sonne of Mary, In euery condition and shape a ryght man, euen as I am my selfe and al other, excepte that he was borne without synne, onely of the virgyn by the holy Ghoost.
And that the same man is very God, as an everlasting inseparable person become of God and man, so that Mary the blessed virgin is a very right mother, not only of the man Christ, 1as the Nestorians teach, but of the son of God, as saint Lucas saith2 That holy one, which shall be borne in thy shall be called the Son of God. That is my Lord, and the Lord of all men, Jesus Christ, the only right natural son of God, & Mary, very God and man.
And that thesame man is verye God, as an euerlastynge inseparable person become of God and man, so that Mary the blessed virgyn is a very right mother, not onely of the man Christe, 1as the Nestorians teache, but of the sonne of God, as saynt Lucas sayth