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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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Therefore (commending them to our God, & their Judge which shall come and reward them, according to their deserts, that by ⟨image 7⟩experience they may always feel it, which now they neither believe nor regard) in handling the Gospel, we will have little consideration of them, but will make it fruitful unto our selves, lest we should suffer it in vain to be put in writing, and should leese the fruit & commodity thereof. Which if we consider well, we shall perceive that it containeth matter very comfortable and joyful, serving much for our commodity. Which consolation and comfort is very needful for us, seeing the signs of them selves are very terrible and (as I may say) horrible to behold.
Therfore (commendyng them to our God, & theyr Iudge which shall come and reward them, accordyng to theyr desertes, that by ⟨image 7⟩experiēce they may alwayes feele yt, which now they neither beleue nor regard) in handlyng the Gosspell, we wil haue litle consideration of them, but wil make it frutfull vnto our selues, lest we should suffer it in vayne to be put in writyng, and should leese the frute & commodity thereof. Which if we consider well, we shall perceiue that it contayneth matter very comfortable and ioyfull, seruyng much for our commodity. Which consolation and comfort is very nedeful for vs, seyng the signes of them selues are very terrible and (as I may say) horrible to behold.
Moreover, Christians as they are at other times fearful enough, & of base courage, so when they see the indignation and wrath of God towards mankind, the wagging of a leaf is able to make them amazed,1 and almost dead for fear: contrariwise the wicked are more ⟨image 7⟩secure and hard hearted, and are moved with no signs, be they never so great and horrible. Therefore this thing seemeth not to fall out indifferently, and as reason would: for they which chiefly should be afraid, whom God by his signs doth terrible threaten, they (I say) have hearts of horn, stone, and iron, so that they regard them as though they did nothing appertain unto them, what soever wrath of God was to come, & being even now at hand,