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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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But the pope forbiddeth us to believe in christ saying that we must obey him / and so we shall obtain salvation of our souls.
But the pope forbiddeth vs to byleue in christ sayng that we must obey hym / and so we shal obteine saluacyon of our soules.
But we will not obey him to dye there for / we will rather submit our selves to death in the name of god.
But we wil not obey hym to dye ther for / we wil rather submyt our selues to death in the name of god.
All this business is risen hereupon that the pope will have himself named the head of the universal CHRISTEN church by the law of ⟨image 17⟩god whereupon it must needs follow that he con pareth yea & preferreth him self unto christ: first he called him self head of the church: after that / lord of the church / thirdly supreme lord of the universal world / and finally the god of the earth / in as much as at length he went about to command the angels of heaven.
All this besinesse is rysen hereupon that the pope wil haue himself named the head of the vniuersal CHRISTEN church by the lawe of ⟨image 17⟩god wherupon it must nedes folow that he cō pareth yea & preferreth him self vnto christ: first he called hym selfe head of the church: after that / lord of the church / thirdly supreme lord of the vniuersal world / and finally the god of the erth / in as moch as at length he wēt about to cōmand the angels of heauen.