A06508:146
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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Ye see here of now, how great and gross blindness was in Jewry, wham Christ was sent to them, he declareth by mighty and marvellous works & miracles that he is very Messiah, which scripture promised saviour & deliverer of the whole world, & doth the same self works which scripture had prophesied Messiah to do, & where ⟨image 73⟩of he might be known most plainly and most easily, but not withstanding where he saith, that the wench sleepeth, that miserable and blinded people mocketh their lord and God, but never the less their mocking must needs serve to faith, for by that self thing they grant that the wench is verily dead, as also the servants of the house of the lieutenant meeting their master, show that the wench is dead, that he should not offend Christ Therefore they might not say that the wench did lie in a trance or a swoon, or slapped naturally, but they doubted not, and they confessed openly, that she had verily departed from this life. And therefore they ware constrained after, to knowledge and confess that a true miracle was done here, that is to say, that the wench was called again truly from death unto life.
Ye see here of now, how great and grosse blyndenesse was in Iewry, whā Christe was sent to them, he declareth by mightie and meruailous workes & myracles that he is very Messias, whiche scripture promysed sauiour & delyueret of the whole worlde, & doith thesame selfe workes whiche scripture had prophecied Messias to do, & wher ⟨image 73⟩of he might be knowen most playnly and most easely, but not withstanding where he saith, that the wenche sleapeth, that myserable and blinded people mocketh their lorde and God, but neuer the lesse their mockinge must nedes serue to faith, for by that self thing they graunt that the whench is veryly deade, as also the seruauntes of the house of the lieuetenaunt meetinge their maister, shewe that the whench is deade, that he should not offend Christ Therfor they myght not say that the whenc did lie in a traunse or a swoune, or slaped naturally, but they doubted not, and they confessed opnely, that she had verely departed frō this lyfe. And therfor they ware cōstrained after, to knowledge and confesse that a trew miracle was done here, that is to say, that the whench was called againe trewly from death vnto lyfe.