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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.
Let your patient mind be known unto all men. He hath ⟨p. 258⟩already taught, how men ought to behave them selves toward God, namely that they must serve him with a cheerful hart and continual joy: now he declareth in few words, how the believers ought to behave them selves toward men, saying: Let your patient mind be known unto all men. Which words are thus much in effect: Be joyful toward God, always rejoicing in & of him,1 but toward men be of a patient mind, & pliant, applying your selves to all, & so behaving your selves, that ye be ready to do and suffer all things, & to yield in every thing, as much as may be by any means without transgressing the commandment of God, whereby ye may approve your selves to all men, and please all in that which is good: not only hurting none, but also taking in good worth all things of all men, interpreting aright the sayings of all men, & accepting them in the better part, that men may plainly see you to be them, unto whom all things are alike, which take in good part whatsoever betideth you, which stick in nothing, which would not disagree with any man for any cause, which be rich with the rich, poor with the poor, rejoicing with them that rejoice, weeping with them that weep, & to be brief, which be made all things to all men, that all men must needs acknowledge that ye are grievous to none, but agreeable, of a patient mind, pliant, and obedient toward all in all things. The Greek word epieices which the Apostle here useth, meaneth the same, which signifieth in our tongue a patient and pliant mind, whereby one doth so apply and show him self indifferent to others, that he is the same to one that he is to an other, applying him self indifferently to the will of all, not requiring him self to be counted for a rule, whereunto the rest ought to apply and order them selves.
Let your patient minde be knowne vnto all men. He hath ⟨p. 258⟩already taught, howe men ought to behaue them selues toward God, namely that they must serue him with a cheerfull hart and continuall ioy: now he declareth in few wordes, how the beleeuers ought to behaue them selues toward men, saying: Let your patient mind be knowne vnto all men. Which wordes are thus much in effect: Be ioyful toward God, alwaies reioycing in & of him,