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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.
Wherefore Paul here inferreth, 1that the law, the more exactly and throughly it is known, doth work in us nothing else, but this, that it doth the more show our sin and increase it: by which it doth slay us, and make us guilty of eternal death, and of the wrath of God. But of this matter no man can dispute better then he, whose conscience hath felt & had trial of the terror of the law: whose conscience hath feel that shaking and quaking (as it were) the very foundations of the earth, and who hath well perceived it at some time, or other to have caused a great tumult in his hart. Therefore we have need of a more effectual and mightier force in our harts, to justify us than the law is. Truly they that have not so known the law, they are altogether ⟨image 21⟩blind, and walk in this life in a certain bold confidence, thinking that they can fulfil the law by their works: not considering at all, how that the law doth imperiously require the whole hart, and all the affection. Wherefore these men behold not the end of the law: only they view the covered and hid face of Moses without grace, who are like perpetually to perish in their vain works.
Wherfore Paul here inferreth, 1that the law, the more exactly and throughly it is knowen, dooth woorke in vs nothing els, but this, that it dooth the more shew our sinne and increase it: by which it dooth slaye vs, and make vs guiltie of eternall death, and of the wrath of God. But of this matter no man can dispute better then he, whose conscience hath felt & had trial of the terror of the law: whose conscience hath fele that shaking and quaking (as it were) the very foūdations of the earth, and who hath wel perceyned it at some time, or other to haue caused a great tumult in hys hart. Therfore we haue neede of a more effectual and myghtier force in our harts, to iustifie vs than the law is. Truely they that haue not so knowen the lawe, they are altogether ⟨image 21⟩blynd, and walke in this lyfe in a certayne bolde confidence, thinking that they can fulfyll the lawe by their woorks: not considering at all, howe that the lawe dooth imperiously requyre the whole hart, and all the affection. Wherefore these men behold not the end of the lawe: onely they vewe the couered and hid face of Moses wythout grace, who are lyke perpetually to perishe in theyr vayne woorks.