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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.
This is a wonderful example of such excellent men and pillars of the church. There is none but Paul that hath his eyes open and seeth the offence of Peter, 1Barnabas and the other Jews which dissembled with Peter. On the other side, they do not see their own offence: nay they rather think that they do well in bearing with the infirmity of the weak Jews. Wherefore it was very necessary that Paul should reprove their offence and not dissemble it, and therefore he accuseth Peter, Barnabas and other, that they went not the right way to the truth of the Gospel: that is to say, they swerved from the truth of the Gospel. It is a great matter that Peter should be accused of Paul as one that was fallen from the truth of the Gospel. He could not be more grievously reprehended. Yet he suffered it patiently, and no doubt but he gladly acknowledged his offence. I said before that many have the Gospel but not the truth of the Gospel. So Paul saith here, that Peter, Barnabas and other of the Jews went not the right way to the truth of the Gospel: that is to say, they had the Gospel, but they walked not uprightly according to the Gospel. For albeit they preached the Gospel, yet through their dissimulation (which could not stand with the truth of the Gospel) they established the law: but the establishing of the law is the abolishing of the Gospel.
This is a wonderfull example of such excellent men and pillers of the church. There is none but Paule that hath his eies open and seeth the offence of Peter, 1Barnabas and the other Iewes which dissembled with Peter. On the other side, they doe not see their owne offence: nay they rather thinke that they doe well in bearing with the infirmitie of the weake Iewes. Wherefore it was very necessary that Paule should reproue their offence and not dissemble it, and therefore he accuseth Peter, Barnabas and other, that they went not ye right way to the truth of the Gospell: that is to say, they swarued from the truth of the Gospell. It is a greate matter that Peter should be accused of Paule as one that was falne from the truth of the Gospell. He could not be more greuously reprehended. Yet he suffered it patiently, and no doubt but he gladly acknowledged his offence. I sayde before that many haue the Gospell but not the truth of the Gospell. So Paule saith here, that Peter, Barnabas and other of the Ievves vvent not the right vvay to the truthe of the Gospell: that is to say, they had the Gospell, but they walked not vprightly according to the Gospell. For albeit they preached the Gospell, yet through their dissimulation (which could not stand with the truth of the Gospell) they established the law: but the establishing of the law is the abolishing of the Gospell.