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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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To the most gracious & virtuous Lady Elizabeth sister to the Kings most Royal Majesty: Her most faithful daily Orator Gwalter Lynne, wisheth long life to GODS pleasure, increase of honour and the life everlasting.
To the most gratiouse & vertuouse Lady Elizabeth syster to the Kynges moost Royal Maiestie: Her most faythfull dayly Oratour Gwalter Lynne, wyssheth long lyfe to GODS pleasure, encrease of honour and the lyfe euerlastynge.
Considering this time (most virtuous Lady) to be the time of Christs reign & kingdom, wherein the Gospel is the rule of the princely powers, and mercy is more esteemed then sacrifice: I thought that I could not gratify your grace more with any kind of obsequy, that I could show through the slender talents, that it hath pleased the almighty to endue me withal, then if ⟨image 3⟩I should set forth in the English tong, some godly lesson of some learned and Christian teacher, concerning the same, I have therefore translated into the English long this little book of master Martin Luther's doing, concerning the kingdom of Christ and Christian liberty, made upon the Epistle of Jeremy the Prophet. And because I know that a good thing can not be to often nor to much spoken of. I have added hereunto another piece of the same mans labours, a sermon that he made upon the eight Psalm. Lord, our Lord, &c. concerning the same matter, and considering that faith in the blood of christ our sufficient price and ransom, & the hope of the resurrection these mortal bodies, is most necessary to be known to all christians. I have also added in the end of this little book, a sermon made by the famous doctor Urbanus Regius, concerning the same, made upon the ix. Chapter of Matthew, occasion taken by the mention of the woman, that suffered the blood flux