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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.
1The Ishmaelites hear in this place the sentence pronounced against them, which overthroweth the Jews, Grecians, Romans, and all such other as persecute the Church of Christ. The self same sentence also shall overthrow the Papists, and as many as trust in their own works, which at this day boast them selves to be the people of God and the Church:2 which also trust that they shall surely receive the inheritance, and judge us which rest upon the promise of God, not only to be barren and forsaken, but also heretics cast out of the Church, and that it is impossible that we should be sons and heirs. But God overthroweth their judgement and pronounceth this sentence against them, that because they are the children of the bondwoman, and persecute the children of the freewoman:3 therefore they shall be cast out of the house, and shall have no inheritance with the children of promise: to whom only the inheritance belongeth because they are the children of the freewoman. This sentence is ratified, and can never be revoked: wherefore it shall assuredly come to pass that our Ishmaelites shall not only lose the Ecclesiastical and politic government which now they have, but also everlasting life. For the Scripture hath foretold that the children of the bondwoman shall be cast out of the house, that is to say, out of the kingdom of grace: for they can not be heirs together with the children of the freewoman.
1The Ismaelites heare in this place the sentence pronounced against them, which ouerthroweth the Iewes, Grecians, Romanes, and all such other as persecute the Church of Christe. The selfe same sentence also shall ouerthrowe the Papistes, and as many as trust in their owne workes, which at this day boast them selues to be the people of God and the Church:2 which also trust that they shall surely receaue the inheritance, and iudge vs which rest vppon the promise of God, not onely to be barren and forsaken, but also heretikes cast out of the Church, and that it is impossible that we should be sonnes and heyres. But God ouerthroweth theyr iudgement and pronounceth this sentence against them, that because they are the children of the bondwoman, and persecute the children of the freewoman: