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A very comfortable and necessary sermon in these our days made by the right…A very comfortable and necessary sermon in these our dayes made by the right…
A very comfortable and necessary sermon in these our days made by the right reverend father and faithful servant of Jesus Christ Martin Luther ; concerning the coming of our Saviour Christ to Judgement and the signs that go before the Last Day, which sermon is an exposition of the Gospel appointed to be red in the church on the second Sunday in Advent ; and is now newly translated out of Latin into English and something augmented and enlarged by the translator with certain notes in the margin.A very comfortable and necessary sermon in these our dayes made by the right reuerend father and faithfull seruaunt of Iesus Christ Martin Luther ; concerning the comming of our Sauior Christ to Iudgement and the signes that go before the Last Day, which sermon is an exposition of the Gospell appointed to be red in the church on the second Sonday in Aduent ; and is now newly translated out of Latin into English and something augmented and enlarged by the translator with certaine notes in the margent.
London: printed by John Daye, 1570London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1570
The Sermon, or exposition of the Gospel.The Sermon, or exposition of the Gospell.
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The Sermon, or exposition of the Gospel.
The Sermon, or exposition of the Gospell.
IN this days Gospel,1 Christ our Lord show eth us what shall be the estate, and condition of the world, when all things draw to an end: Whereby we may know when the great and horrible day shall appear (in the which Christ our Lord him self shall come openly to Judgement) that no man need to waver, or doubt of the matter. For he showeth plainly the signs that shall be seen in the last age, and shall go before the last day, as tokens thereof: because it cannot be chosen, but it so2 strange, yea & that the last change of the whole world should be declared by many and great tokens, seeing that much less alterations of countries and nations have ben signified by signs and wonders going before. Because this present ⟨image 6⟩Gospel hath ben before time sufficiently declared, so that now it is well known unto all men: I mind not to show the doctrine that thereof may be gathered, but after an other manner and fashion to handle it, to the glory of God & our consolation. For therefore is it put in writing, and made manifest by preaching, that it may serve to our comfort, and to the increase of faith and hope in us,3 which profess Christ, and believe in him: notwithstanding there is good cause why it may be a terror unto the other sort of men, I mean the wicked unbelievers, whose destruction these signs do portend: Who in deed are nothing moved with them at all, but with security of mind do contemn them.