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To the Celestial Christian Reader, W. W. wisheth grace, mercy, and peace, with a true and lively knowledge of our only Lord omnisufficient Saviour and Redeemer CHRIST JESUS.

To the Coelestiall Christian Reader, W. W. wisheth grace, mercie, and peace, with a true and liuely knowledge of our onely Lord omnisufficient Saviour and Redeemer CHRIST IESVS.

I Do offer and present unto thee (gentle Reader) here published in Print, this little Treatise, first written by that famous and godly learned Doctor in CHRISTS School Martin Luther, ¹in the Germane or Dutch tongue, for his own Country-men: afterwards translated into Latin, by a learned man, named Justus Jonas, that it might be common to no then it was before: now also though plainly, yet faithfully •urned into English, for the benefit and commodity of this our Israel, ⟨image 3⟩by one most studiously careful, and zealously desirous of thy profit. This excellent Preface will lead thee as a Lantern of light to the better understanding of that most precious,² most fruitful and profitable Epistle of S. Paul to the Romans, which when thou canst well and wisely understand, first it will make thee ready armed, well furnished and instructed to withstand & answer all the popish Romanists (GODS greatest adversaries, and enemies to his Gospel) who stoutly maintain and defend that mans works do merit and deserve salvation, and so present us just and righteous before GOD: Secondly it will teach thee a Christian life & conversation: namely how thou oughtest to bring forth the worthy fruits of Faith ⟨image 3⟩which alone doth justify us before God, because it is (as it were) the hand whereby we apprehend and take hold fast of the merits of Christs blessed Passion to be ours Other branches of doctrine and manners there be in that notable Epistle good store. Use and peruse this prologue, and then it will lighten thy understanding very much in this weighty matter of our salvation, in this chief and principal point of Christian religion: to wit, whether we be justified by the works of the Law, or by the mercy of God only, for the mediation of his Son, who was made a slain sacrifice upon the Cross for us most wretched and miserable sinners. After that thou doest fully and perfectly attain to the true meaning of it, I doubt not but thou wilt (by the