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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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The third part of the articles. › Of sin.The third part of the articles. › Of sinne.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly That man hath free will so that he may do all good and eschew all evil. & again on the contrary part / leave that which is good and follow the evil.
Secondorly That man hath free wil so that he may doo all good and eschewe all euel. & agayne on the contrary part / leaue that which is good and folow the euel.
Thirdly That a man by the proper strength of his own nature may satisfy and fulfil the whole law of god.
Thirdly That a man by the proper strengthe of his own nature may satisfye and fulfill the whole lawe of god.
Fourthly That a man of his own natural strength can love god above all thing / and his neighbour as him self.
Fortly That a man of his own natural strenth can loue god aboue all thing / and his neihbor as him selfe.
Fifthly That if a man do & perform so much as he is able to do / than shall he surely obtain gods favour.