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A methodical preface prefixed before the Epistle of S. Paul to the Romans very…A methodicall preface prefixed before the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes very…
A methodical preface prefixed before the Epistle of S. Paul to the Romans very necessary and profitable for the better understanding of it / made by the right reverend father and faithful servant of Christ Jesus, Martin Luther ; now newly translated out of Latin into English, by W.W. ...A methodicall preface prefixed before the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes very necessary and profitable for the better vnderstandyng of it / made by the right reuerend father and faythfull seruant of Christ Iesus, Martin Luther ; nowe newly translated out of Latin into English, by W.W. ...
Imprinted at London : For Thomas Woodcocke, dwelling in Pauls Churchyard, at the sign of the Black Bear, 1594?Imprinted at London : For Thomas Woodcocke, dwellyng in Paules Churchyard, at the signe of the Blacke Beare, 1594?
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.
First of all we must diligently search out and labour to know the nature of words, and figurative speeches which the Apostle useth. And before all things we must learn to know what S. Paul meaneth by these and such like words: The Law, Sin, Grace, ⟨image 5⟩1Faith, Righteousness, Flesh, Spirit. &c. Otherwise though thou read diligently, thou loosest all thy labour.
First of all we must diligently search out and labour to knowe the nature of woordes, and figuratiue speaches which the Apostle vseth. And before all thyngs we must learne to know what S. Paule meaneth by these and such lyke woords: The Lawe, Sinne, Grace, ⟨image 5⟩1Fayth, Righteousnesse, Fleshe, Spirit. &c. Otherwise though thou reade diligently, thou loosest all thy labour.
- 1Mark these words.Marke these woordes.
This word Law, 1must not here be taken after the usual manner of the Philosophers, or according to common reason: namely, to be defined a Doctrine which teacheth men what to do, and what to leave undone. For humane or mans laws are satisfied, if a man do the external and outward work only, though in his hart he do it unwillingly. But God, seeing he knoweth the hart, judgeth according to the secret and internal motions of the hart. Therefore the Law of God requireth the hart & affections, or intentions thereof, neither is it satisfied by the external deed doing, unless they be done with a cheerful hart willingly, and with all thy affection. Insomuch as it doth reprove and rebuke nothing so vehemently,