A06521:837
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.
If it were not so I would have told you: I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto my self, that where I am, there may ye be also. In these words the Lord declareth how these dwelling ⟨p. 473⟩places be prepared, namely, by the death of Christ as it is said, by which he came unto glory, and ruleth over all things, which are in heaven and earth. By which death he hath obtained the holy Ghost for us, which as is before said, may prepare us unto these dwelling places. For through his operation and working in us, he maketh us believe the Gospel, by which believing or faith we are prepared. Which could not be done if Christ should not depart and dye, and so possess a kingdom over all. This therefore is the sum of this text: They are foreseen, whom the Father will glorify, but they can not be glorified but by Christ, who unless he take away death and sin, all shall be in vain. Here thou seest that all tend unto this, that Christ is he which prepareth the dwelling places, and that we can not be glorified but by Christ, so that the whole drift of this text is, that we are not justified by mans strength, nor by our own merits, but by Christ, which the whole Epistle to the Romans effectually declareth, as also that which is written to the Galatians, & almost all that Paul doth in his Epistles, tendeth to the same end. It followeth moreover:
If it were not so I would haue told you: I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come againe, and receiue you vnto my selfe, that where I am, there may ye be also. In these wordes the Lord declareth how these dwelling ⟨p. 473⟩places be prepared, namely, by the death of Christ as it is sayde, by which he came vnto glorie, and ruleth ouer all thinges, which are in heauen and earth. By which death he hath obtayned the holy Ghost for vs, which as is before sayde, may prepare vs vnto these dwelling places. For through his operation and working in vs, he maketh vs beleeue the Gospell, by which beleeuing or faith we are prepared. Which could not be done if Christ should not depart and dye, and so possesse a kingdome ouer all. This therefore is the summe of this text: They are foreseene, whome the Father will glorifie, but they can not be glorified but by Christ, who vnles he take away death and sinne, all shall be in vaine. Here thou seest that all tend vnto this, that Christ is he which prepareth the dwelling places, and that we can not be glorified but by Christ, so that the whole drift of this text is, that we are not iustified by mans strength, nor by our owne merits, but by Christ, which the whole Epistle to the Romanes effectually declareth, as also that which is written to the Galathians, & almost all that Paule doth in his Epistles, tendeth to the same ende. It followeth moreouer: