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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.
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.
Fiftly That if a man do & performe so moch as he is able to doo / than shal he surely obteine gods fauor.
Sextly. That it is not necessary for him that will receive the sacrament / ⟨image 19⟩