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[A methodical preface prefixed before the epistle to the Romans ...] Made[A methodicall preface prefixed before the epistle to the Romanes ...] Made
[A methodical preface prefixed before the epistle to the Romans ...] Made by the right reverend father in and faithful servant of Christ Jesus, Martin Luther ...[A methodicall preface prefixed before the epistle to the Romanes ...] Made by the right reuerend father in and faithfull seruant of Christ Iesus, Martin Luther ...
London : s.n., 1632
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And in this chap. the Apost. teacheth, that we are not so justified & freed from sin by faith that sin is quite taken away, and altogether abolished in us:1 but that the relics of sin as yet remain in us. Nevertheless these remnants of sin are not laid to our charge, by reason of faith, which continually wrestles with the desires of the flesh. wherefore as yet, because we live in the flesh, that strife & combat endureth in us, & they that are already justified have enough to do, & have labour enough to turn them unto: yea all their lifetime they may toil until ⟨image 28⟩they sweat again, by endeavouring to tame their flesh, to repress the lusts of it, & to make it subject unto the Spirit.2 And by that mortification of our flesh, & newness of our spiritual life, we express the Death and the Resurrection of Christ, as also that sign of mortification in Baptism, which doth signify and represent unto us no other thing, but this continual mortification of the flesh, and daily vivification & quickening of the spirit. For Baptism, that is this mortification doth work in us so long, until sin being abolished and abandoned by the death of our bodies, we rise in our bodies with Christ, and reign with him for evermore.
And in this chap. the Apost. teacheth, that we are not so justified & freed from sin by faith that sin is quite taken away, and altogether abolished in vs:1 but that the reliques of sinne as yet remaine in vs. Nevertheles these remnants of sinne are not laid to our charge, by reason of faith, which continually wrestles with the desires of the flesh. wherfore as yet, becaus we liue in the flesh, that strife & combat indureth in vs, & they that are already justified haue enogh to doe, & haue labour enough to turne them vnto: yea all their lifetime they maye toyle vntill ⟨image 28⟩they sweat againe, by indevouring to tame their fleshe, to represse the lusts of it, & to make it subject vnto the Spirit.2