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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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Augustine in the .lxviij. Psalm sayeth. We knew (understand then, before the coming of Christ, before the word of God was published in the world, or before our conversion, & regeneration) in mankind two things but one thing was utterly unknown to us. That men be borne & dyeth, that we know, but that they shall arise again from the dead, and shall live everlastingly, that we knew not. The mysteries of God be hid before reason. The knowledge of these very great things is not grafted & set in the hearts of men as the law of nature, & therefore reason ⟨image 68⟩all philosophy & worldly wisdom might know nothing of that. It was known first of all by the gospel of christ, which was sent by the holy ghost from heaven unto earth. Whosoever hath not the gospel, or believeth not it, he can know nothing of the resurrection nor of eternal life, which thing the blind & ignorant gentiles, witnesseth sufficiently in their writings. Therefore sayeth Paul. 1i. Cor. ij. that God hath revealed & showed to us these things by his spirit, & that we have not received the spirit of the world, but the spirit of God, that we may know what things have ben given to us of Christ. A natural man understandeth not those things, which be of the spirit of God it is foolishness to him, and he can not understand it. And we hear that here in the Jews, which mock & scorn the Lord, where he saith, she is not dead, but she sleepeth. For they could not perceive and know, how death might be a sleep. Whe• for they supposed that these words of Christ was dreams of a sick man, and mere trifles and ⟨image 68⟩sayings of a mad man. And this is the destiny of the gospel always in the world, that it is supposed & called foolishness .i. Cor. i.2
Augustine in the .lxviij. Psalm sayeth. We knewe (vnderstande then, before the comyng of Christe, before the worde of God was publyshed in the worlde, or before our conuersyon, & regeneration) in mankynde two thinges but one thing was vtterlyvnknowē to vs. That men be borne & dyeth, yt we knowe, but that they shal aryse agayn frō the dead, and shal lyue euerlastyugly, that we knewe not. The misteries of God be hyd before reasō. The knoweledge of these very greate thynges is not graffed & set in the hartes of mē as the lawe of nature, & therfore reasō