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Now by opinion of good works, Luther meaneth conscience, and the resting of the conscience on good works,¹ as our righteousness, hence so often, saith Luther, the Law hath nothing to do with the conscience, the Law hath no power over the conscience, the Law ought not to reign over the conscience. And so▪ 2. he placeth our Christian liberty, not only in freedom from the Judicial Law. Tom. 4 on 1 Pet. 2. Rom. 13. and from the Ceremonies of the Law of Moses, Tom. 4. fol. 145. But also from the condemnation of the Moral Law. As is clear, ^eLuther, That Christian liberty which Christ hath purchased, is not so easily believed as spoken, if it could be apprehended by a sure and firm faith, no fury, nor terror of the world, of law, sin, death, and the devil▪ could be so great, which would not be swallowed up as a little spark of fire by the great sea. ^eLibertas illa, quam nobis Christus peperit, non tam cito creditur, quam nominatur. Si certa ac firmâ fide apprehendi posset nullus furor aut terror mundi, legis, peccati, mortis et diaboli tam magu• esse posset, qui non […], seu scintilla a mari, ab ea absorberetur.

Now by opinion of good works, Luther meaneth conscience, and the resting of the conscience on good works,¹ as our righteousnesse, hence so often, saith Luther, the Law hath nothing to doe with the conscience, the Law hath no power over the conscience, the Law ought not to reigne over the conscience. And so▪ 2. he placeth our Christian liberty, not only in freedom from the Judiciall Law. Tom. 4 on 1 Pet. 2.