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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.
1Be nothing careful. That is, take no care at all for your selves, let God care for you, who knoweth and is able to do it, whom ye have now known that he is good and gracious. The heathen have not without a cause care of this present life, inasmuch as they are ignorant and do not believe that they have a God who hath care of all, as Christ Matth. 6. said: Be not careful for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on: for after all these things seek the Gentiles, but your heavenly Father knoweth, that ye have need of all these things. Wherefore let the whole world take from thee, and do thee injury, thou shalt always have sufficient, and it can not be that thou shouldest perish with any adversity, unless they have first taken from thee thy God, but who can take him from thee, if thou thy self dost not cast him of? There is no cause therefore that we should be careful, seeing that he is our father and provideth for us, which hath all things in his own hand, even those, which seem to take away those things that be ours from us, and to endamage and hurt us wherein soever they are able. But we have exceeding great cause always to rejoice in the Lord, when we are of a patient mind toward all men, forasmuch as we are certain, if so be that we believe, that it can by no means come to pass, that good things should be wanting unto us, having Almighty God our favourable and careful father: whom they that have not, let us suffer them to be troubled with cark and care. It ought to be our only care, how we may be void of care, and be found always joyful in God, and meek and of a patient mind toward men. So without doubt we shall try that which David tried saying: I have been young & now am old, 2and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread. And that which ⟨p. 267⟩he saith Psal. 40: The Lord careth for me.
1Be nothing carefull. That is, take no care at all for your selues, let God care for you, whoe knoweth and is able to do it, whom ye haue now knowne that he is good and gracious. The heathen haue not without a cause care of this present life, inasmuch as they are ignorant and do not beleeue that they haue a God who hath care of all, as Christ