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Special and chosen sermons of D. Martin Luther collected out of his writings and…
Special and chosen sermons of D. Martin Luther collected out of his writings and preachings for the necessary instruction and edification of such, as hunger and seek after the perfect knowledge and inestimable glory which is in Christ Jesus, to the comfort and salvation of their souls. Englished by VV.G.Special and chosen sermons of D. Martin Luther collected out of his writings and preachings for the necessary instruction and edification of such, as hunger and seeke after the perfect knowledge and inestimable glorie which is in Christ Iesu, to the comfort and saluation of their soules. Englished by VV.G.
London: printed by Thomas Vautroullier, 1578
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 by the opinion of Purgatory they are made secure and slothful, so that they differ the study of godliness even to their death, and think by contrition and confession they shall amend all things, as though there were some since remaining for which they must go into Purgatory, they hope that by Masses for the departed, and other bequests that they are persuaded to make in their testaments or last wills, they shall be redeemed out of purgatory, but these miserable men are in these things utterly deceived, and shall at length try them to be far otherwise.
Now by the opinion of Purgatorie they are made secure and slothfull, so that they differre the study of godlines euen to their death, and thinke by contrition and confession they shall amend all things, as though there were some synnes remaining for which they must go into Purgatorie, they hope that by Masses for the departed, and other bequests that they are persuaded to make in their testamēts or last willes, they shalbe redeemed out of purgatorie, but these miserable men are in these things vtterly deceiued, and shall at length trie them to be farre otherwise.
By the washing of the new birth. He setteth forth the grace of God given to us in Baptism, with words very full of praise and commendation. He calleth Baptism a washing, whereby not the feet and hands, but the whole man is at once washed, purified and saved, so that to the sum and inheritance of salvation there is need of nothing but only faith in this grace of God, that it may remain and be acknowledged the work of grace alone, that we are saved without all our works and merits, ⟨p. 142⟩and so also there may remain in us pure love, praise, giving of thanks, and glory of the divine mercy, without all glory and pleasing of our selves in our own strength and endeavour, as it hath bin already said often and at large. Humane righteousness is also a washing, but not whereby the whole man is so washed, but that Pharisaical washing, whereby only the apparel and vessels which are outward, are made clean, whereof it is spoken