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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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1In the twelfth chapter he doeth annex and adjoin certain admonitions and precepts For this order the Apostle is wont to observe in all his Epistles,2 that first he doth teach Christ and Faith: afterwards he doth exhort to good works, and a continual mortification of the flesh. Wherefore he doth teach here good works in deed, and the true worship of God. And here he maketh all Christians to be Priests, commanding them to offer not money, either Oxen or Goats (as it was the custom of the Law) ⟨image 36⟩but to offer themselves a spiritual sacrifice,3 mortifying the old Adam. Furthermore he doth deliver out most briefly unto us the institution and instruction of Christian manners: as how we should teach, preach, rule, and govern namely, in the Church: how we should serve our neighbour, how we should suffer tribulations: to be brief, how it behoveth a Christian to behave himself towards his friends and enemies. And these are truly good works of a Christian man, which do flow out of Faith, as from a fountain and head spring: Yea which do even make a violent eruption. For faith (as I have said) is not idle:4 But the works of the Justiciaries which are done without this lively flame of Faith in the heart, are but hypocrites ⟨image 37⟩purple show, and feigned colours, wherewith they paint themselves outwardly, which as inwardly they are full of hatred, avarice, filthiness, & deceit.
1In the twelfth chapter hee doeth annex and adjoyne certaine admonitions and precepts For this order the Apostle is wont to obserue in all his Epistles,2 that first hee doth teach Christ and Faith: afterwardes he doth exhort to good works, and a continuall mortification of the flesh. Wherefore he doth teach heere good workes in deed, and the true worship of God. And heere he maketh all Christians to bee Priests, commanding them to offer not money, either Oxen or Gotes (as it was the custome of the Law)