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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.
Temperance, chastity or continency.
Temperance, chastitie or continencie.
This is a sobriety or modesty in the whole life of man, which virtue Paul setteth against the works of the flesh. He would therefore that Christians should live soberly and chastely, that they should be no adulterers, no fornicators, no wantons: and if they cannot live chastely, he would have them to marry: Also that they should not be contentious or quarrellers,1 that they should not be given to drunkenness or surfeiting, but that they should abstain from all these things. Chastity or continency containeth all these. Hierome expoundeth it of virginity only, as though they that be married could not be chaste: or as though the Apostle did write these things only to virgins. In the 1. and .2. Chapt. to Tit. he warneth also Bishops, young women, and married folks both man and wife to be chaste and pure.
This is a sobrietie or modestie in the whole life of man, which vertue Paule setteth against the works of the flesh. He would therfore that Christians should liue soberly and chastly, that they should be no adulterers, no fornicatours, no wantons: and if they cannot liue chastly, he would haue them to marrie: Also that they should not be contentious or quarellers,1 yt they should not be geuen to drunkennes or surfetting, but that they should abstaine from all these things. Chastitie or continencie containeth all these. Hierome expoundeth it of virginitie onely, as though they that be married could not be chast: or as though the Apostle did wryte these things onely to virgines. In the 1. and .2. Chapt. to Tit. he warneth also Bishops, yong women, and maried folkes both man and wife to be chast and pure.