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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…
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].
Wesel : D. van der Straten?, 1543
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Of mans traditions
Of mans tradicyons
Whereas the papists affirm that mans traditions be profitable unto remission of sins or that they merit & deserve everlasting saluacyā it is a wicked & a damnable blasphemy. For christ saith they honour me in vain with mens traditions. Item Paul. They refuse & deny the truth thorvw the precepts of men. And more over whereas they say that it is deadly sin to break such- ⟨image 33⟩traditions / it is a false lye. These be the sums & principal articles wherein I must abide remain & I will also / by the grace of god / defend / maintain & stand by them even till my death. And I can not see / what I ought to change alter or to yield in them. If any man will yield & remit any thing in them let him do it with the peril & danger of his own conscience. finally there remain yet cettē deceitful mists of the pope concerning foolish & childish articles as namely about the hallowing of churches & about the baptizing of bellies / of altars & of altar stones & of their godfathers & of such as give any mommy to such things. Which manner of baptizing such things is a very blasphemy & a derision of the reverend sacrament of baptism / & therefore it ought not to be suffered. Of this number also are the articles of the hallowing of candles palms / cakes / herbs / oats & such other. This can not be called nor be in deed any true consecration or hallowing but rather a derision & a conjuring. There are an infinite sort of such other deceitful & juggling imaginations / which we leave to their god the pope & to thē to honore til their bellies burst / we will not be yoked with such things / but free in every condition.