A06508:94
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 if here any man would say, I have even as well a mouth, & speak even as well, & make words, as a Curate, yet doth not this follow my words, that they might deliver me from sin, & set me in the kingdom of God, how is it then possible, that the mouth & words of my Curate, should have more efficacy, to give all the benefices above rehearsed? To this shall we answer on this wise: There is a great diversity between thy mouth, and the mouth of a Preacher, between thy word, and the word of a Preacher, which difference David doth here clearly show, saying: Thou haste advanced thy praise out of the mouth of Infants & sucking babes. This is now an other word, than thine, or my word which cometh by the commandment of him, which sayeth, Ite. 1Go ye into all the world, and preach the glad ⟨image 45⟩tidings, & teach all nations baptising them, &c. he that believeth & is baptised, shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned. Christ Jesus, the Son of God, our Lord, which giveth this commandment unto his Apostles, and to all ministers of the Church of God, biddeth here to speak and to preach, he doth lay a word in their mouth, which is another word, than thy word, 2namely: the word of God, which is everlasting, and endureth for ever, and sayeth, he that believeth the same, shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned, this word hath another virtue, to forgive sin, which none other word hath.
And yf here any man woulde saye, I haue euen as well a mouth, & speake euen as well, & make wordes, as a Curate, yet doth not this folow my wordes, that they might delyuer me from syn, & set me in the kyngdome of God, howe is it then possible, that the mouth & wordes of my Curate, shoulde haue more efficacie, to geue all the benefices aboue rehersed? To this shall we answer on this wyse: There is a great diuersitie betwene thy mouth, and the mouth of a Preacher, betwene thy worde, and the worde of a Preacher, which difference Dauid doth here clerely shewe, saynge: Thou haste anaunced thy prayse out of the mouth of Infantes & suckinge babes. This is now an other word, than thyne, or my word which cometh by the cōmaundemēt of hym, whiche sayethe, Ite. 1