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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.
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Sextly. That it is not necessary for him that will receive the sacrament / ⟨image 19⟩to have a purpose to live well afterward.
Sextly. That it is not necessary for him that wil receyue the sacrament / ⟨image 19⟩to haue a purpose to lyue wel afterward.
But that it is sufficient if he have not an obstinate and wicked purpose to sin: so good is our nature of it self / and so such efficacy is the virtue of the sacrament.
But that it is •ufficient if he haue not an obstynate and wicked purprse to sinne: so good is our nature of it self / and so such efficacyte is the vertu of the sa•rament.
Seventhly. That it is not taught in the scripture that it is necessary for him that will do any good work / to have the holy ghost with his grace.
Seuently. That it is not taught in the scripture that it is necessary for him that wil do any good worke / to haue the holy gost with his grace.