iWe must not say that baptism takes not away all our sins▪ for it truly takes them all away, not in their essence or nature, but in some respect in their nature, and wholly in their dominion, and it removes them daily in their being and nature, through the growth of sanctification, that sin at length may be fully exhausted and spent.
kLuther. A renewed man sins, and sins not: he sins in the same work, in regard of the will of the flesh, he sins not because of the contrary will of the spirit.
lLuther. (every renewed) man daily sins, and daily repents.
mAll our life sin dwells in our flesh, and resists the spirit, as an adversary, therefore all our works after justification, are nothing but repentance, or a good purpose against sin.
nLuther. Every day there is by course spiritually in every Christian a time of the Law and of Grace.
oThere be many hours in which I quarrel with God, and ⟨p. 134⟩impatiently fight against him, the wrath and judgement of God displeaseth me: and again, my impatience displeaseth him,7 this is the time of the Law, in which a Christian is under the flesh, for the flesh ever lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, in some more, in some less. The time of grace is when the heart is erected, and saith, why art thou cast down, O my soul, &c. He that knows this art well, is deservedly a Divine. I and those like me, know scarce the first elements thereof.
pThe more godly any is, the more he feels this battle.
When I was a Monk, I thought my heaven gone, so often as I felt the concupiscence of the flesh, I assayed much, I confessed every day but in vain, while I understood Paul, saying, The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, then I was not so afflicted, I thought then as now. Martin, even thou, though godly, shalt not want sin, and this battle, despair not, but fight then, thou art not under the Law. Staupicius said, I have vowed a thousand times to be godlier, but I keep not, Isle vow no more, &c.
⟨p. 135⟩qLuther, That which is truly sin against the Law, the Law cannot accuse as sin in the godly.
rLuther. Sin that is pardoned, is broken, through confidence of mercy, that it condemn not, or accuse not, yet because of the flesh it springs up and wars in the flesh.
sBeware to think little or much of the relics of sin, for so the purger, the holy Spirit is lightly esteemed.
tThe relics of sin remain in us, which need daily pardon.
iWe must not say that baptisme takes not away al our sins▪ for it truly takes them all away, not in their essence or nature, but in some respect in their nature, and wholly in their dominion, and it removes them daily in their being and nature, through the growth of sanctification, that sin at length may be fully exhausted and spent.
kLuther. A renewed man sins, and sins not: hee sins in the same worke, in regard of the will of the flesh, he sins not because of the contrary will of the spirit.
lLuther. (every renewed) man daily sins, and daily repents.
mAll our life sin dwells in our flesh, and resists the spirit, as an adversary, therefore all our works after justification, are nothing but repentance, or a good purpose against sin.
nLuther. Every day there is by course spiritually in every Christian a time of the Law and of Grace.
oThere bee many houres in which I quarrell with God, and ⟨p. 134⟩impatiently fight against him, the wrath and judgement of God displeaseth me: and again, my impatience displeaseth him,7 this is the time of the Law, in which a Christian is under the flesh, for the flesh ever lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, in some more, in some lesse. The time of grace is when the heart is erected, and saith, why art thou cast downe, O my soule, &c. Hee that knowes this art well, is deservedly a Divine. I and those like me, know scarse the first elements thereof.
pThe more godly any is, the more he feeles this battle.
When I was a Monk, I thought my heaven gone, so often as I felt the concupiscence of the flesh, I assay'd much, I confessed every day but in vaine, while I understood Paul, saying, The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, then I was not so afflicted, I thought then as now. Martin, even thou, though godly, shalt not want sin, and this battle, despaire not, but fight then, thou art not under the Law. Staupicius said, I have vowed a thousand times to be godlier, but I keep not, Ile vow no more, &c.
- iLuther tom. • f. 420. How sin remains in us▪ and how […] moved.Luther tom. • f. 420. How sin remaines in us▪ and how 〈…〉 moved.
- kLuther tom •. f •8•.
- lLuther to. • ▪ f. 240.
- mLuther to. •. f 537.
- nLuther to. 4.111.
- oLuther tom. 4.111.
- 7How we are under the Law and under Grace, in regard of the flesh and Spirit.
- pLuth. tom. 4. •71.
- qLuther tom 4 172.
- rLuther tom. 4.385.
- sLuth. tom. 4.386.
- tLuther tom. 2. in Gen. c. •0. f. 156.
