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A fruitful and godly exposition and declaration of the kingdom of Christ and of…A frutefull and godly exposition and declaracion of the kyngdom of Christ and of…
A fruitful and godly exposition and declaration of the kingdom of Christ and of the christen liberty, made upo[n] the words of the prophet Jeremy in the xxij. chapter, with an exposition of the viij. Psalm, entreating of the same matter, by the famous clerk Doctor Martin Luther, whereunto is annexed A godly sermon, of Doctor Urbanus Regius, upon the ix. Chapter of Matthew of the woman that had an issue of blood & of the rulers daughter, newly translated out of high Almain.A frutefull and godly exposition and declaracion of the kyngdom of Christ and of the christen lybertye, made vpo[n] the wordes of the prophete Jeremye in the xxij. chapter, with an exposycyon of the viij. Psalme, intreatyng of the same matter, by the famous clerke Doctor Martyn Luther, whereunto is annexed A godly sermon, of Doctor Urbanus Regius, vpon the ix. Chapyter of Mathewe of the woman that had an issew of blood & of the rulers daughter, newly translated oute of hyghe Almayne.
London: printed by S. Mierdman for Gwalter Lynne, 1548
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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.
O good Lord, what doeth the word what doth it work, wherewith doeth it deserve it, that it is so persecuted. This doeth the word speak and teach, how thou shalt be delivered from thy since, from Death, from the power of the devil, and from hell. Is this any hurt, or heresy. I thought that men would have run after the doctrine, and the word, which teacheth us, how we shall be delivered from sin, even to the worlds end, this will not men do now, but persecute it, and teach us to doubt in it, and lead us to many other places, where we should seek salvation, & remission of since, as that we should go to Walsingham, to Wilsedom to Canterbury to S. James in Compostella, & to many innumerable places ⟨image 49⟩more. What goo do shave men brought home from thence, but a pouch of leather, and a pair of weary legs, had it not ben bitter, and godlier, that thou haddest tarried at home, and haddest exercised thine office and vocation, wherein thou art ordained of God, and haddest herb thy Curate, which preacheth unto thee, and out of the mouth of the sucklings & infants, showeth thee, the sure & right way to salvation, where thou mightest be sure to have remission of since for thy wife and children sit idle, thou spendest thy money, and makest weary legs, and yet doest no good, and at the last, thou art even as unsure, yea much unsurer of the remission of since, then thou wast before.
O good Lord, what doeth the word what doth it worke, wherewith doeth it deserue it, that it is so persecuted. Thys doeth the worde speake and teache, howe thou shalt be delyuered frō thy synnes, from Death, from the power of the deuyll, and from hell. Is thys any hurte, or heresye. I thoughte that men woulde haue runne after the doctryne, and the worde, whiche teacheth vs, howe we shall be delyuered from synne, euen to the worldes ende, thys wyl not men do nowe, but persecute it, and teache vs to dout in it, and leade vs to many other places, where we shoulde seke saluation, & remissiō of synnes, as that we should go to Vvalsingam, to Vvilsedom to Caunterbury to S. Iames in Compostella, & to many innumerable places ⟨image 49⟩more. Vvhat goo doe shaue men broughte home frō thence, but a pouche of lether, and a payr of wery legges, had it not ben bitter, and godlyer, that thou haddest taryed at home, and haddest exercysed thyne offyce and vocation, wherein thou arte ordeyned of God, and haddest hearbe thy Curate, whiche preacheth vnto the, and out of the mouthe of the suckelynges & infantes, sheweth the, the sure & ryght way to saluation, where thou mightest be sure to haue remissyon of synnes for thy wyfe and children sitte ydell, thou spendest thy money, and makest wery legges, and yet doest no good, and at the last, thou arte euen as vnsure, yea muche vnsurer of the remissyon of synnes, then thou wast before.