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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. 4. Have ye suffered so many things in vain?
Verse. 4. Haue ye suffered so many things in vaine?
The other danger and incommodity is this: Have ye suffered so many things in vain? As though he would say: Consider not only how well ye began, and how miserably ye have forsaken your good beginnings, and your course well begone: moreover, that not only ye have lost the first fruits of the spirit, being fallen again into the ministry of sin and death, and into a doleful and a miserable bondage of the law: but consider this also, that ye have suffered much for the Gospels sake, and for the name of Christ: to wit, the spoiling of your goods, railings and reproaches, dangers both of bodies and lives. &c. All things were in a happy course and great towardness with you. Ye taught purely, ye lived holily, and ye endured many evils constantly for the name of Christ. But now all is lost, as well doctrine as faith, as well doing as suffering, as well the spirit as the fruits thereof.
The other daunger and incommoditie is this: Haue ye suffred so many things in vaine? As though he would say: Consider not onely howe well ye began, and howe miserablie ye haue forsaken your good beginnings, and your course well begone: moreouer, that not onely ye haue lost the first fruites of the spirite, being fallen againe into the ministerie of sinne and death, and into a dolefull and a miserable bondage of the lawe: but consider this also, that ye haue suffered muche for the Gospels sake, and for the name of Christe: to witte, the spoiling of your goodes, railings and reproches, daungers both of bodies and liues. &c. All things were in a happie course and great towardnes with you. Ye taught purely, ye liued holily, and ye endured many euils constantly for the name of Christe. But nowe all is lost, as well doctrine as faith, as well doing as suffering, as well the spirite as the fruites thereof.