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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 penance.
This office and work of the law is kept & retained in the new testament / and it is also exercised as .S. Paul saith the .i. to the roma saying the wrath of god from heaven is declared manifestly against all wickedness and unright wiseness of men. Item the iij. to the Roma. the whole world is guilty to god. Item no flesh shall be justified in his sight by the works of the law. Item Johan the xvi. The holy ghost shall reprove the world of sin. This is the thou der of god whereby he doth overthrow and clearly condemn not only manifest sinners but even hypocrites also / and he bringeth them in to fear and desperation / This is the hammer whereof Jeremiah speaketh saying / My word is an hanmer that beateth flint stones in to powder.
This office and work of the lawe is kept & reteined in the newe testament / and it is also exercised as .S. Paul saith the .i. to the roma saing the wrath of god from heauen is declared mamifestly against all wickednes and vnright wisnes of men. Item the iij. to the Roma. the whole world is gilty to god. Item no flessh shal be iustifyed in his sight by the workes of the lawe. Item Iohan the xvi. The holy gost shal reproue the world of sinne. This is the thō der of god wherby he doth ouerthrowe and clerely condēne not only manifest sinners but euē hypocrytes also / and he bringeth them in to fear and desperacyon / This is the hammer wherof Ieremy speketh saing / My word is an hanmer that beateth flynt stonys in to pouder.
This is no active or procured contrition but it is a passive or a suffering contrition and breaking / for it is a true or earnest heaviness of the