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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.
Verse. 19. That I might live unto God.
Verse. 19. That I might liue vnto God.
That is to say, that I might live before God. Ye see then that there is no life unless ye be without the law, yea unless ye be utterly dead unto the law, I mean in conscience. Notwithstanding in the mean season (as I have often said) so long as the body liveth,1 the flesh must be exercised with laws and vexed with exactions and penalties of laws, as were the Egyptians. But the inward man not subject to the law, but delivered and freed from it, is a lively, just, and holy person, not of himself, but in Christ, because he believeth in him, as followeth.
That is to say, that I might liue before God. Ye see then that there is no life vnlesse ye be without the law, yea vnlesse ye be vtterly dead vnto the law, I meane in conscience. Notwithstanding in the meane season (as I haue often said) so long as the body liueth,1 the flesh must be exercised with lawes and vexed with exactions and penalties of lawes, as were the Egyptians. But the inward man not subiect to the law, but deliuered and freed from it, is a liuely, iust, and holy person, not of himselfe, but in Christ, because he beleueth in him, as foloweth.
- 1The flesh subject to the law, but not the conscience.The flesh subiect to the lavv, but not the conscience.