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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.
Isaiah in the .53. chapter speaketh thus of Christ:1 God (saith he) laid the iniquity of us all upon him. We must not make these words less then they are, but leave them in their own proper signification. For God dallieth not in the words of the Prophet, but speaketh earnestly, & of great love: to wit, that Christ this Lamb of God should bear the sins of us all. But what is it to bear? The Sophisters answer, to be punished. Weary well. But wherefore is Christ punished? It is not because he hath sin and beareth sin? Now, that Christ hath sin, the holy Ghost witnesseth in the 40. Psalm:2 My sins have taken such hold of me, that I am not able to look up, yea they are more in number then the hairs of my head. In this psalm and certain others the holy Ghost speaketh in the person of Christ, and in plain words witnesseth, that he had ⟨image 138⟩sins. For this testimony is not the voice of an innocent Christ, but of a suffering Christ, which took upon him to bear the person of all sinners, and therefore was made guilty of the sins of the whole world.
Esay in the .53. chapter speaketh thus of Christ:1 God (saith he) laid the iniquitie of vs all vpon him. We must not make these wordes lesse then they are, but leaue them in their owne proper signification. For God dallieth not in the wordes of the Prophet, but speaketh earnestly, & of greate loue: to wit, that Christ this Lambe of God shoulde beare the sinnes of vs all. But what is it to beare? The Sophisters aūswere, to be punished. Wery well. But wherfore is Christ punished? It is not because he hath sinne and beareth sinne? Nowe, that Christe hath sinne, the holy Ghoste witnesseth in the 40. Psalme:2 My sinnes haue taken suche holde of me, that I am not able to looke vppe, yea they are more in number then the heares of my heade. In this psalme and certaine others the holy Ghost speaketh in the person of Christe, and in plaine wordes wittenesseth, that he had ⟨image 138⟩