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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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Now this attrition (as they call it) was reputed sufficient for contrition / when so ever they were confessed. And if it chanced at any time that some man should say in his confession that he could not have perfect contrition or that he could not lament mourn and be sorry for his sins (which thing might happen in such as were taken and ravished with the love of some harlot or in such as did burn with desire to be revenged of their emnys & cetera) than they to ⟨image 22⟩used to axe such whether he desired to have contrition / or no. If he answered / Yea / (for who would say May / except it were the devil himself?) than they toke that as sufficient for contrition / and they forgave him his sins and assoiled him even for that virtue and good work: alleging for them the example of .S. Bernard & cet.
Now this attricyon (as thei call it) was reputed sufficyent for contricyon / whan so euer thei were confessed. And if it chansed at any time that some man shuld say in his confession that he could not haue perfite coutricyon or that he could not lament mourne and be fory for his sinnes (which thing myght happen in such as were taken and rauisshed with the loue of some harlot or in such as did burne with desire to be reuenged of their emnys & cetera) than thei to ⟨image 22⟩vsed to axe such whether he desiered to haue cō tricyon / or no. If he answered / Yea / (for who wold say May / except it were the deuel himself?) than thei toke that as sufficient for contricyon / and thei forgaue him his sinnes and assoiled him euen for that vertu and good worke: alledging for them the example of .S. Bernard & cet.
Now by this we see how blind mans reason is and how it stumbleth in matters of faith and seeketh comfort at her own pleasure in her own proper strength / and can not ones think neither of CHRIST nor yet of faith.
Now by this we see how blynd mans reason is and how it stombleth in matters of faith ād seketh comfort at hir own plesure in hir own proper strength / and can not ones thinke neither of CHRIST nor yet of faith.