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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 Apostle reckoned before amongst the works of the flesh heresy and envy, and pronounced sentence against those which are envious, and which are authors of Sects, that they should not inherit the kingdom of God. And now, as if he had forgotten that which he ⟨image 268⟩said a little before, he again reproveth those which provoke and envy one an other. Why doth he so? was it not sufficient to have done it once? In deed he doth it of purpose: for he taketh occasion here to inveigh against that execrable vice of vainglory,1 which was the cause of the troubles that were in all the churches of Galatia, and hath been always most pernicious and hurtful to the whole Church of Christ. Therefore in his Epistle to Titus he would not that a proud man should be ordained a Bishop. For Pride (as Augustine truly saith) is the mother of all heresies, or rather the headspring of all sin and confusion: Which thing all histories as well holy as profane do witness.
THE Apostle reckened before amongst the workes of the flesh heresie and enuie, and pronounced sentence against those which are enuious, and which are authors of Sectes, that they should not inherite the kingdom of God. And now, as if he had forgotten that which he ⟨image 268⟩