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Commentary upon the Epistle to the Galatians
A commentary of M. Doctor Martin Luther upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galatians first collected and gathered word by word out of his preaching, and now out of Latin faithfully translated into English for the unlearned. Wherein is set forth most excellently the glorious riches of Gods grace ...A commentarie of M. Doctor Martin Luther vpon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians first collected and gathered vvord by vvord out of his preaching, and novv out of Latine faithfully translated into English for the vnlearned. Wherein is set forth most excellently the glorious riches of Gods grace ...
London: printed by Thomas Vautroullier dwelling wihtin sic, 1575London: printed by Thomas Vautroullier dvvelling vvihtin sic, 1575
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The whole world is thus affected, & specially they that would be counted more holy and religious then others, as Monks,1 and all Justiciaries. These confess with their mouth that they are sinners, and they confess also that they commit sins daily, howbeit not so great & many, but that they are able to put them away by their own works: yea and besides all this, they will bring their righteousness and deserts to Christs judgement seat, and demand the recompense of eternal life for them at the judges hand. In the mean while notwithstanding, (as they pretend great humility) because they will not vaunt themselves to be utterly void of sin, they feign certain sins, that for the forgiveness thereof, they may with great devotion pray with the publican,2 God be merciful unto me a sinner. Unto them these words of S. Paul: for our sins, seem to be but light & trifling: Therefore they neither understand them, nor in temptation when they feel sin in deed, can they take any comfort of them, but they are compelled flatly to despair.
The whole world is thus affected, & specially they that would be counted more holy and religious then others, as Monkes,1 and all Iusticiaries. These confesse with their mouth that they are sinners, and they confesse also that they commit sinnes daily, howbeit not so great & many, but that they are able to put them away by their owne works: yea and besides all this, they will bring their righteousnes and deserts to Christes iudgement seat, and demaund the recompēce of eternal life for them at the iudges hand. In the meane while notwithstanding, (as they pretend great humilitie) because they wil not vaunt themselues to be vtterly voide of sinne, they faine certaine sinnes, that for the forgeuenes therof, they may with great deuotion pray with the publican,2 God be mercifull vnto me a sinner. Vnto them these words of S. Paule: for our sinnes, seme to be but light & trifeling: Therfore they neither vnderstand them, nor in temptation when they feele sinne in deede, can they take any cōfort of them, but they are compelled flatly to despaire.