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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
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, than the cross, tribulation & affliction, that is, the Apostle doeth here comfort us in these tribulations, affirming that the Spirit doth make intercession, and request for us with sighs that cannot be uttered & expressed: also that all the creatures, being subject to vanity & abuse, do even groan & 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 ⟨image 34⟩the flesh.
Now because nothing is more profitable to the mortifying of the olde Adam the flesh, than the crosse, tribulation & affliction, that is, the Apostle doeth heere comfort vs in these tribulations, affirming that the Spirit doth make intercession, and request for vs with sighes that cannot be vttered & expressed: also that all the creatures, being subject to vanitie & abuse, doe even groane & travell in paine together with vs, vntill this bodie of sin be abolished, and the glory of the sonnes of God bee revealed. Thus wee see that these three last Chapters, doe vrge nothing so much, as this onely and chiefe worke of our faith, namely, the mortification of our olde Adam, which is ⟨image 34⟩the flesh.
1In the 9. 10. and 11. Chap. he handleth the matter of Predestination. For all the rest depend upon that: namely, who should receive the word, and who should not, who should believe, & 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 in Gods hand only to justify us. And surely this stable sentence and immovable necessity of predestination,