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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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Ye have now what Christ meaneth here where he saith, the wench sleepeth, And what he doth wham he calleth her again unto life: which miracle is written for us, that we may renew, fortify and preserve our faith of the resurrection of the body by it, for this promise is so great, by which Christ promiseth to us the resurrection of the body, and everlasting life after this life, that we can not understand it by reason, for it passeth all understanding, reason, and wisdom of the whole world. Therefore our faithful deliverer Jesus Christ annexed & ham geth to a most sure & most strong seal to this his promise, wham he calleth again dead men unto life, that we should not doubt of this promise, but believe steadfastly, that as he hath called this daughter ⟨image 81⟩of the man in chief authority, So also he shall raise up again in one moment us all in the last day, not unto a mortal life, but unto an everlasting life, for as John saith in the .v. Chapt. the hour shall come, 1in which all men that be in sepulchres, shall hear his voice, & they which have done good, shall come fourth unto the resurrection of life, but they which have done evil, shall come fourth unto resurrection of judgement. So also Chrysostom wont to apply these miracles, & draw them to an Article of our faith of the mystery of the resurrection, that we may fortify by thenthe faith of that general resurrection, which shall be in the later coming of christ, And he commandeth us to be of good hope and courage in the peril of death, because that our death is no more a death but a sleep, And he saith that not we, but the devil with his should be sorrowful and careful or complain. For he saith that we go from this temporal life by death, unto immortal life and perpetual rest, but that the devil with his fall down straight unto eternal punishments.
Ye haue now what Christ meaneth here where he saith, the whenche sleapeth, And what he dothe whā he calleth her agayne vnto lyfe: whiche miracle is writen for vs, that we may renewe, fortifie and preserue our faith of the resurrectïon of the body by it, for this promyse is so great, by whiche Christe promiseth to vs the resurrection of the body, and euerlastyng lyfe after this lyfe, that we can not vnderstande it by reason, for it passeth al vnderstādyng, reason, and wysedome of the whole world. Therfor oure faithful deliuerer Iesu Christ annexed & hā geth to a most sure & most strōge seale to this hys promyse, whā he calleth agayn deade mē vnto lyfe, yt we should not doubte of this promise, but beleue stedfastly, yt as he hath called this doughter