The last will and last confession of martin Luther's faith co[n]cerming [sic] the [principal…The last wil and last confession of martyn luthers faith co[n]cerming [sic] the [principal…

Name: The last will and last confession of martin Luther's faith co[n]cerming [sic] the [principal…
Author: Martin Luther

The last will and last confession of martin Luther's faith co[n]cerming [sic] the [principal articles of religion which are in controversy, which he will defend & may[n]teine until his death, against the pope and the gates of hell draw[n] forth by him at the request of the princes of germany which have reformed their [sic] churches after the gospel, to be offered up at the next general council in all their names & now published before that all the world may have an evident testimony of his faith if it shall fortune him to dye before there be any such cou[n]cel, tra[n]slated out of latin beware of the pope & of his false prophets and bishops for they will come in sheep's clothing and in angels faces but yet inwardly they are ravening wolves [sic].The last wil and last confession of martyn luthers faith co[n]cerming [sic] the [principal articles of religion which are in controuersy, which he wil defend & mai[n]teine vntil his death, agaynst the pope and the gates of hell drawe[n] furth by him at the request of the princes of germany which haue reformed theier [sic] churches after the gospel, to be offred vp at the next general councel in all their names & now published before that all the world may haue an euydent testimony of his faith if it shal fortune him to dye before there be any such cou[n]cel, tra[n]slated out of latyn beware of the pope & of his false prophetes and bissopes for thei wil come in shepys clothing and in angels facys but yet inwardly thei are ravening wolnys [sic].

Martin Luther 1483–1546Wesel : D. van der Straten?, 1543

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The third part of the articles. › Of baptismThe third part of the articles. › Of baptyme

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Of baptism

Of baptyme

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Baptism is nothing else than the word with the dipping in to the water after the commandment of god. or / as Paul saith it is a washing / together with the word / like as S. Austen also affirmeth & saith: let the word come or be joined unto the element / & than is a sacrament. Wherefore we consent not with S. Thomas nor with the black fryers which forgetting christs institution / do teach & hold that god did indue the water with a spiritual or ghostly pour & virtue / which pour & virtue doth wash a way sins even through the water. Neither do we agree unto duns nor the grey ⟨image 28⟩friars / which speak never a word of the ministration of it nor of faith nor yet teach that the holy ghost is given through the word & the sacraments together.

Baptyme is nothing els than the word with the dippyng in to the water after the cōmandmēt of god. or / as Paul saith it is a wasshing / to gether with the word / like as S. Austen also affirmeth & saith: let the word come or be ioyned vnto the element / & than is a sacramēt. Wherfor we consent not with S. Thomas nor with the blacke fryers which forgetting christes institucyon / do teach & hold that god did indue the water with a spiritual or gostly pour & vertu / which pour & vertu doth wassh a way sines euē thorow the water. Neither do we agree vnto dūs nor the gray ⟨image 28⟩frires / which speake neuer a word of the ministracyon of it nor of faith nor yet teach that the holy gost is geuen thorow the word & the sacramē tes to gether.

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The last will and last confession of martin Luther's faith co[n]cerming [sic] the [principal…The last wil and last confession of martyn luthers faith co[n]cerming [sic] the [principal…

Of baptism

Of baptyme

Of the baptism of infants.

Of the baptyme of infantys.

Of the sacrament of the body & blood of christ

Of the sacrament of the body & blode of christ

Of the keys of the church

Of confession or absolution

Of confessyon or absolucyon

The author

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Of baptism

Of baptyme

Of the baptism of infants.

Of the baptyme of infantys.

Of the sacrament of the body & blood of christ

Of the sacrament of the body & blode of christ

Of the keys of the church

Of confession or absolution

Of confessyon or absolucyon

The author

Transcription key