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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. 29. And if ye be Christs, then are ye Abraham's Seed, and heirs by promise.
Verse. 29. And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams Seede, and heires by promise.
That is to say: If ye be believe and be baptised into Christ, if ye believe (I say) that he is that promised Seed of Abraham which brought the Blessing to all the Gentiles,1 then are ye the children of Abraham, not by nature, but by adoption. For the Scripture attributeth unto it, not only the children of the flesh, but also of adoption and of the promise, and foresheweth that they shall receive the inheritance, and the other shall be cast out of the house. So Paul in few words translateth the whole glory of Libanus, that is to say, of the nation of ⟨image 177⟩the Jews, unto the desert, that is, unto the Gentiles. And this place comprehendeth a singular consolation: to wit, that the Gentiles are the children of Abraham, and consequently the people of God. But they are the children of Abraham, not by carnal generation, but by the promise. The kingdom of heaven then, life, and the eternal inheritance belongeth to the Gentiles. And this the Scripture signified long before when it sayeth:2 I have made thee a Father of many nations. Again: In thy Seed shall all nations be blessed. Now therefore because we which are Gentiles do believe, and by Faith do receive the Blessing promised to Abraham & exhibited by Christ, therefore the Scripture calleth us the children and heirs of Abraham,