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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.
Of the holy Ghost it shall be spoken hereafter.
Of the holy Ghost it shalbe spoken hereafter.
The second thing which ought here to be considered, is, that Christ is very man and the son of man. This Paul teacheth, when he saith:1 made of a woman. For surely that that is made or borne of a woman, is man: A woman by nature bringeth forth nothing but very man. This it is necessary that we believe as ⟨p. 299⟩the Lord himself declareth Joh. 6, in these words: Except ye eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. But to eat and drink his flesh and blood,2 is nothing else but to believe, that Christ took these upon him in deed, and did also yield them to death for our sake. This is that covenant which was promised to Abraham: In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Gen. 22. Christ is this seed, and therefore the true son of Abraham, his flesh and blood. Hereupon it appeareth that they prevail nothing,3 which make a proper way unto themselves to God, by their own works and godliness, and neglecting Christ strive to come directly unto God, as the Turks and Jews do. This Christ alone is the mediator & blessed seed, by whom thou must receive blessing, otherwise thou shalt continue for ever in malediction. This covenant of God shall not be violated of because any. Thus Christ himself saith, Joh. 6: No man cometh to the Father, but by me. The nature of God is otherwise higher, then that we are able to attain unto it, wherefore he hath humbled himself to us, and taken upon him that nature, which is best known and most familiar unto us, to wit, even our own. Here he looketh for us: here he will receive us: he that will seek him here, shall find: he that will ask here shall be heard: here is the throne of grace and the true mercy seat, from which none is driven or thrust which with true faith resorteth unto it. They which do here neglect him, as though he were made man for nought, and in the mean season do without a mediator pray unto God, who hath created heaven and earth, they shall pray in deed, but none shall help them: they shall cry, but none shall hear them.