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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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And this is now the doctrine that we teach, and which we have received of Paul, namely that among the Christians, there should be no law or commandment outwardly, for thus saith he unto the Galatians. 1ij. I through the law am dead to the law, That is, through the new law in the new Testament, am I dead to the old law in the old Testament. Moses is no more allowed with me, sense I have Christ. The old Testament containeth that the Jews were bound to keep the commandments, which God gave unto Moses upon the mount Sinai, namely, how that they should keep the holy days or feasts, how that they should ⟨image 34⟩dwell in them, and in the land, how they should order them selves concerning meats and raiment, and whatsoever there were more of such laws and commandments, so that all their doings were comprehended, and bound to certain persons, time, 2place, and appearance, So that they had a politic rule, even as other regions and realms have their ordinances statutes and laws, as the Saxons have the glass of Saxon, where after they govern and keep them selves, But such a compulsion as the Jews had, should not the Christians have, for they should not be bound to any law, so that they must do any thing by compulsion and should be bound to any person, time, and apparel as the Jews, but it should be a free people without any compulsion, which should do all things voluntarily & willingly. Therefore saith the. Cx. 3Psalm. Thy people shall be willing. &c.
And thys is nowe the doctryne that we teache, and whiche we haue receaued of Paule, namely that amōg the Christians, there shoulde be no lawe or commaundement outwardely, for thus sayth he vnto the Galathians. 1ij. I through the lawe am dead to the lawe, That is, throughe the newe lawe in the newe Testamente, am I dead to the olde lawe in the olde Testament. Moses is no more alowed with me, sence I haue Christ. The olde Testament containeth that the Iewes were bounde to kepe the commaundementes, whiche God gaue vnto Moses vpon the mounte Sinay, namely, howe that they shoulde kepe the holy dayes or feastes, how that they should