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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.
In the second book of par ally. 20. wham king Jehoshaphat was in great peril, the Moabites, Ammonites & Edomites ⟨image 60⟩coming at hand: to him great speed, and when he might not withstand by the strength and power of his people so great a power and violence of his enemies, and all Judah being abashed for that, the prophet Jasihel said, dread not & fear not this multitude, but only stand boldly, and ye shall see the help of the lord upon you. Believe in the lord your god, & ye shall be in safeguard, believe to his prophets, & all things shall chance prosperous, And when the people did sing praises to god in faith, the lord turned the wiles and craft of their enemies against them selves for the sons of Ammon & Moab did arise together against the Edomites, and afterward they did slay & destroy their selves by mutual dismē bring, but all the people of Judah & their king having the rich spoil & so great a fortune, rei••ed exceedingly. This example is surely ••ted and written also to us, unto our profit that we may understand that faith pleaseth god, & that the self faith leading to the promise of GOD over cometh and obtaineth victory, And that it may all ⟨image 61⟩things with God, & those things also which seem to men to be impossible.
In the serōd boke of par ali. 20. whā kinge Iosaphat was in great peril, the Moabites, Aminonites & Edomites ⟨image 60⟩cominge at hande: to him great spede, and whan he might notwithstande by the strengthe and power of his people so great a power and violence of his ennemies, and all Iuda being abashed for that, the propher Iasihel said, dreade not & feare not this multitude, but onely stande boldly, and ye shal see the helpe of the lorde vpon you. Beleue in the lorde your god, & ye shal be in saufegarde, beleue to his prophetes, & all thinges shal chaunce prosperouse, And whan the people did synge praises to god in faith, the lorde turned the wiles and crafte of their enemies against thē selfes for the sonnes of Ammō & Moab did arise togither against the Edomites, and afterwarde they did slea & destroye thier selfes by motual dismē bring, but al the people of Iuda & their king hauing the riche spoile & so great a fortune, reied excedingly. This example is surely ted and writen also to vs, vnto our profit that we may vnderstāde that faith pleaseth god, & that the selfe faith leadinge to the promise of GOD ouer cometh and obtaineth victory, And that it may all