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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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Howe be it, very few do felt such blindness and unrighteousness, but only such as by the law are taught and instructed, as in those days the holy Fathers and Prophets, the common people wandereth even as the cattle.
Howe be it, very fewe do felt suche blyndenes and vnrighteousnes, but onely suche as by the lawe are taught and instructed, as in those dayes the holy Fathers and Prophetes, the common people wandereth euen as the cattell.
Now this Thild, which should be borne of David, righteous and just, without sin shall be the king which shall stand, 1and rule for ever. Now for as much then as he is a branch and a twig of the stock of David. He must needs be mortal ⟨image 11⟩for bodily is he borne in this temporal life, and therefore must he needs dye. But seeing he shall stand alway and rule for ever, then must he also be immortal. Howe will this frame? Even thus he must rise again from the dead. This is it that Saint Peter meaneth. Where as in the Acts of the Apostles, he allegeth out of the Prophet David, that it was impossible, that he should be holden of death. Acto. ij. 2Psalm. xvi. What was the occasion? For he shall continue a king, and rule for ever. And so siest thou in these words every where notified the resurrection of Christ. That he must be borne and dye, and yet rule always, therefore must he needs rise again from death.
Nowe this Thild, whiche shoulde be borne of Dauid, righteous and iuste, withoute synne shall be the kyng whiche shall stande, 1and rule for euer. Nowe for as muche then as he is a braunche and a twygge of the stocke of Dauid. He muste nedes be mortall