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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
Sermon salvation through Christ › The exposition of the text.
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.
Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth in me, hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life. Your Fathers did eat Manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is that bread which cometh down from heaven, that he which eateth of it should not die. I am that living bread, which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the ⟨p. 231⟩bread that I vvill give, is my flesh, which I vvill give for the life of the world. In these words the soul findeth a table daintily furnished, whereby it may stake all hunger. For it knoweth assuredly that he that speaketh these words can not lye. Wherefore if it commit it self confidently unto him, and cleave to the word, it resteth upon him, and so departeth not from this goodly table. This is that supper, to the preparing whereof the heavenly Father killed his oxen and fatlings, and hath bidden us all unto it. The living bread whereof the Lord here maketh mention,1 is Christ him self, whereby we are so fed. If we lay hold but of a morsel of this bread in our harts, and keep it, we shall be satisfied for ever, neither can we ever be plucked from God. Moreover such an eating is nothing else, but to believe in the Lord Christ, that he is made unto us of God, as Paul saith 1. Cor 1. wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. He that eateth this meat, liveth for ever. Wherefore by and by after this text, when the Jews were at contention about these his words, he saith: Verily, verily I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whosoever eateth my flesh, & drinketh my blood hath eternal life, & I vvill raise him up at the last day. Manna which the fathers did eat in the desert (as Christ here saith) could not save from death: but this bread maketh us immortal. If we believe in Christ, death shall not hurt us any thing at all, yea there is no more death. This the Lord meaneth by these words in an other place, where he saith to the Jews: Verily, verily I say unto you, 2if a man keep my word, he shall never see death: where it is certain that he speaketh of the word of faith, and of the Gospel.
Verely, verely I say vnto you, He that beleeueth in me, hath euerlasting life. I am that breade of life. Your Fathers did eate Manna in the vvildernes, and are dead. This is that bread vvhich cōmeth dovvne from heauen, that he vvhich eateth of it should not die. I am that liuing bread, vvhich came dovvne from heauen: if any man eate of this bread, he shall liue for euer: and the