A14132:39
A compendious introduction, prologue or preface unto the pistle off Paul to the…A compendious introduccion, prologe or preface vn to the pistle off Paul to the…
A compendious introduction, prologue or preface unto the pistle off Paul to the RomansA compendious introduccion, prologe or preface vn to the pistle off Paul to the Romayns
Worms : P. Schoeffer, 1526
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In the .vii. he confirmeth the same with a similitude of the state of matrimony. As when the husband dyeth / the wife is at her liberty / and the one loosed and departed from the wother / not that the woman should not have power to marry unto another man / but rather now first of all is she free and hath power to marry unto another man which she could not do before / till she was loosed from her first husband. Even so are our consciences bound and in danger to the law under old Adam / as long as he liveth in us / for the law declareth that our hearts are bound / and that we cannot disconsent from him / but when he is mortified and filled by the sprite / then is the con science free and at liberty / not so that the conscience shall now nought do / but now first of all cleaveth unto another / that is to wet Christ / and bringeth forth the fruits of life. So now to be under the law is not to be able to fulfil ⟨image 14⟩the law / but to be debtor to it / and not able to pay that which the law requireth. And to be loose from the law is / to fulfil it / and to pay that which the law demandeth / so that it can now henceforth are the nought.
In the .vii. he confirmeth the same wyth a similitude of the state of marrimony. As whē the husbond dyeth / the wife ys at hyr liberte / ād the one loosed ād departed from the wother / not that the woman shulde not have power to marie vnto a nother man / but rather nowe firste of all ys she fre and hath power to marie vnto a nother mā which she coulde not do before / till she was loosed frō hyr fyrst husbōd. Evē so are oure cōsefēces bound ād in daunger to the lawe vnder olde Adā / as lōge as he lyveth in vs / for the lawe declareth thatt oure hertes are bounde / and that we cannot disconsent from hym / but whē he ys mortified and filled by the sprite / then ys the cō science fre and at liberte / not so that the conscience shall nowe noughte doo / but nowe first of all clevyth vn to a nother / that ys to wette Christe / and bringeth forth the frutes of lyfe. So nowe to be vnder the laweys not to be able to fulfyll ⟨image 14⟩the lawe / but to be detter to it / ād not able to paye that which the lawe requireth. And to be loose from the laweys / to fullfyll it / and to paye that which the lawe demaundeth / so that yt can nowe henceforth are the noughte.