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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.
Whereby we may gather how unkind & unmerciful a covetous man is: for he doeth good to no man, he showeth himself gentle and kind to no man, he giveth nothing to any man, but looketh unto his own lucre and commodity.
Whereby we may gather how vnkinde & vnmerciful a couetous man is: for he doeth good to no man, he sheweth himselfe gentle and kynde to no man, he giueth nothing to any man, but looketh vnto his owne lucre and commoditie.
Now this is a cursed thing, that we can not so much as trust unto the Lord, that he will feed our belly, thinking always that we shall perish with hunger, when as notwithstanding we shall have things necessary and that which is sufficient for us, as Christ saith Matth. 6: I say unto you, 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. Is not the life more worth then meat? and the body then raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither reap, nor carry into the barns: yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they? Which of you by taking care, is able to add one cubit unto his stature? And why care ye for raiment? Learn how the lilies of the field do grow: they are not wearied, neither spin: yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field, which though it stand to day, is to morrow cast into the oven, shall he not do much more unto you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying what shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or wherewith shall we be clothed? (For after all these things seek the Gentiles:) For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. ⟨p. 366⟩But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be ministered unto you. Care not then for the morrow: for the morrow shall care for it self: the day hath enough with his own grief. Ye see in this place, how God hath a care for the fowls and flowers, & doth adorn them after a most goodly sort: how much more will God give unto us those things that be necessary? and yet we can not put our trust in him,