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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.
WE celebrate this day a noble, and most comfortable feast, concerning the appearing of the Lord Jesus, who appeared, a special comfort to all them which seek him with a strong faith: first to the wise men which came from the East: secondly to John the Baptist, when being about thirty years of age he was baptized of him in Jordan, and the holy Ghost and voice of the father gave testimony of him, that he is the son of God: thirdly, when he showed his glory and power in a miracle, wherein he turned water into wine at a marriage, whereby he would procure reverence and estimation to matrimony, which now (Alas) is after a shameful sort torn, contemned, and rejected of the Pope & his adherents as a certain miserable and wretched state. For whatsoever God hath ordained, that of the world is contemned: whereof at convenient time we will speak more, and we have already as I think written sufficient thereof. Now we will speak in few words of the first appearance.
WE celebrate this day a noble, and most comfortable feast, concerning the appearing of the Lorde Iesus, who appeared, a special comfort to al them which seeke him with a stronge faith: first to the wise men which came from the East: secondly to Iohn the Baptist, when being about thirty yeares of age he was baptized of him in Iordane, and the holy Ghost and voyce of the father gaue testimonie of him, that he is the sonne of God: thirdly, when he shewed his glory and power in a miracle, wherein he turned water into wine at a mariage, whereby he would procure reuerence and estimation to matrimony, which now (Alas) is after a shamefull sort torne, contemned, and reiected of the Pope & his adherents as a certaine miserable and wretched state. For whatsoeuer God hath ordained, that of the world is contemned: whereof at conuenient time we will speake more, and we haue already as I thinke written sufficient therof. Now we will speake in few wordes of the first appearance.
The wise men of Arabia, which were industrious men, and without all doubt governors of that country (as it was at that time the manner in those parts) when they had seen the star in the East, breaking of all delay, made haste to Jerusalem, diligently seeking for the king of the Jews being new borne. Where we ought to mark, that they could neither eeke nor