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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.
Now because nothing is more profitable to the mortifying of the old Adam the flesh, then the cross, tribulation and affliction that is, the Apostle doth here comfort us in those tribulations, affirming that the Spirit doth make intercession and request for us with sighs, which cannot be uttered and expressed: also that all the creatures, being subject to vanity and abuse, do even groan and travel in pain together with us, until this body of sin be abolished, and the glory of the sons of God be revealed. Thus we see that these three last Chapters, do urge nothing so much as this only and chief work of our faith, namely, the mortification of our old Adam, which is the flesh.
Now bycause nothing is more profitable to the mortifying of the olde Adā the flesh, thē the crosse, tribulatiō and afflictiō that is, the Apostle doth here comfort vs in those tribulations, affirming that the Spirit dooth make intercession and request for vs with sighes, which cannot be vttered and expressed: also that all the creatures, being subiect to vanity and abuse, do euen grone and trauel in payne togither with vs, vntill this body of sinne be abolished, and the glory of the sonnes of God be reuealed. Thus we see that these three last Chapters, doo vrge nothing so much as this onely and chiefe worke of our fayth, namely, the mortification of our olde Adam, which is the flesh.
In the .ix. x. and .xi. Chapt. 9. 10. &. 11. Chapters he handleth the matter of Predestination. For all the rest do depend upon that: namely, who should receive ⟨image 23⟩the world, and who should not, who should believe, and who not, who should be freed from sin, who should be blinded, who should be damned, and who should be justified. Seeing therefore that both the sending out of the preachers of the Gospel, and the word it self be of God, it is certain that it lieth only in Gods hand to justify us. 1And surely this stable sentence and immovable necessity of predestination, is a most necessary doctrine to be taught. For we are so weak that if it were in our hands, very few or rather none should be saved. For the devil would overcome us. Yet now seeing this sentence and decree of God is most sure and certain, so that it cannot be changed or altered by any creature, we have then good hope to overcome at the length those relics of sin, although that now they rage in our flesh.