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A49486	The prophecyes of the incomparable Dr. Martin Luther concerning the downfall of the Pope of Rome, and the subversion of the German Empire, to be over-run by the armies of the Turks, together with the many reasons that he giveth for it : as also, the remarkable prophecy of the learned and reverend Mvscvlvs, to the same effect / collected by R.C. M.A.	R. C., M.A.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.	1664 (1664)	Wing L3513; ESTC R23003	35,433	50

to Adventure upon all Dangers and equally Contemn both the Favour of Rome and the Fury of Rome Let them Censure and Condemn all that I have written to the Fire I will not be reconciled to them nor at any time will I joyne with them but if I can get any fire where I am I will burn all the Pontifician Law the sink of Heresies yea I will make no more Addresses wherewith the Enemies of the Gospel are more and more incensed Luther understanding that the Popes Bull was coming forth against him did publish his Book of the Babilonian Captivity and that Indulgences were the wicked tricks of the flattery of Rome He wrote also against the Execrable Bull of Antichrist and called the Pope Antichrist and confirmed the thirty Articles censured by the Bull. It is remarkable that Erasmus being promised by the Advocates of the Pope the greatest favours if he would but write against Luther Erasmus did mildly Answer That Luther was a man too great for him to write against and that he Learned more from one short page in Luther then from all the Books of Thomas Aquinas Nevertheless Erasmus being afterwards overcome by some great persons to write against Luther did perform his Task with much lenity and candour although Luther could never after afford him any good word but according to the disposition of his Temper and Complexion would be very hot and violent against him which he alwayes expressed as often as any occasion was given to make mention of him And indeed this inclination he condemneth in himself Almost all men saith Luther do reprove me for too much eagerness But I am of a mind Tom. 2. Epist page 6. that it is GODS will to have the inventions of men in this manner opposed for I see many things in this our Age that are quietly handled to be soon forgotten no man to regard them I do not deny but that I am more vehement then is fit and this is the reason why I have alwaies been so averse in showing my self in Publick but grievous wrongs were done to the word of GOD and to the Truth thereof whereupon it fell out that had I not been apt by Nature to Vehemency and Imbittering my stile the very Indignity of the matter would have urged a dead and stony heart to have written sharply how much more my self who am of an ardent spirit and write not a heavy stile Monsters of Men carried me beyond the due temper of Modesty For the warrant of this sharpness he used to alledge the Example of Christ who called the Jews an Adulterous and Perverse Generation a Generation of Vipers Hypocrites Children of the Devil he would also alleadge the Example of Saint Paul who calleth them Doggs Vain-bablers Seducers and Illiterate whereupon Erasmus who was all Candour and Mildness and did bear no great good Affection to the Chair of Rome was wont to say of Luther in regard of the Diseases of this last Age of the World GOD hath sent them a sharp Physitian and Charles the Emperour of Germany would say of him If the Pope and his Priests were such as they should be they would never need a Luther Luther being diswaded by many of his Friends from going to the Council that was held at Wormes who told him That by the burning of his Books he might well guess what was the Popes Censure concerning himself He with a Resolute Courage said These discouragements are cast into my way by Satan who knew that by the profession of the Truth especially in so Illustrious a place his Kingdome would be shaken and indammaged It is recorded that the Duke of Bavariare's Jester whether suborned by others or by Accident it is uncertain did meet Martin Luther at his Entrance into the City of Worms with such a Cross as is accustomed to be carried in Funerals and with a loud voice he said unto him Welcome hither O thou much desired of us who sate in Darkness In this Council Luther being demanded of Ecchius to declare his Resolution concerning his Books he humdly Desired of the Emperour and Princes to grant him their Gentle Attention which being accorded to he said Of the Books which I have written some of them do tend unto Faith and Piety to these my Adversaries of then selves do give ample Testimony Should I recant these I may justly be censured as a wicked man Others of my Books are against the Pope of Rome and the foule Corruptions of the Church of Rome which so much doth trouble the Christian World and bringeth so much mischief These should I revoke I should confirme their Tyranny The third sort of my Books are against those persons who defend the Papists Cause against which I must confesse I have been very Vehement and yet I cannot Recant those Books unlesso I will set open a gap to the Impudency of many And unlesse I be Convicted by Testimony of Scripture or by Evident Reason I may not I evoke anything which I have Written or Spoken for I will not in any wise wound my Conscience I neither can nor will do any thing to the Offence of my Conscience This will I stand to and vary from this I may not GOD Help me Amen This will I defend though I was presently to dye Concerning this he not long afterwards published this Excellent Protestation I Martin Luther An Vnworthy Preacher of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ do professe The Excellent Protestation of Luth. r. and Believe that Faith alone without Respect to our Good Works doth Justifie us before GOD and that this Article cannot be overthrown by the Roman Emperour or the Turk or the Tartarian or the Persian nor by the Pope nor all his Cardinals Bishops Sacrisizers Monks Nuns Kings Princes Potentates of the World nor all the Devils in Hell This Article will they nill they will stand the Gates of Hell cannot prevaile against it The Spirit of GOD doth Dictate this unto me This is the True Gospel For thus the Article in the Mouth of all Christian Children hath it I Believe in Jesus Christ Crucified and Dead Now no man dyed for our Sins but Jesus Christ the Son of GOD the One and Onely Son of GOD I say it again and again Jesus the One and Onely Son of GOD Redeemed us from our Sins This is the most surely Grounded the most Vndoubted Doctrine This the whole Scripture aloud proclaimeth though the Devils the Pope and the World do storme and burst with Anger at it And if Christ alone doth take away the sins of the World we verily cannot do it with our own Works and it is impossible that I can lay hold on Christ otherwise then by Faith He is never apprehended by my good Works and s●eing Faith alone layeth hold on our Redeemer and not our Works which are but the Concomitants of our Faith it is a most undoubted Truth that Faith alone before our Works or without our Works doth

Doctrine concerning Grace and good works are of my Judgement yea almost the whole University the Prince himself and our Bishop in Ordinary and all the Ingenious Citizens with one consent affirme that before they neither knew nor heard of the Gospel nor of Christ After this Luther was summoned to Rome to maintaine some thing which he had written against Indulgencies but Luther used his best endeavours that the Cause might be heard in Germany under Competent Judges and at length he prevailed by the Mediation of the University of Wittenbergh to the Pope whereupon it was Determined that the Council should be held at Auspurg where Luther being Admonished by Cardinal Thomas Cajetan to Revoke his Errours which tended only to Disturb the Peace of the Church He made Answer That he could Revoke no Errours being as yet not Convicted by any Scripture of any and thereupon did Appeal to the Judgement of the Church But the Cardinal observing the strength of his Arguments and Commanding him not to come into his presence unless he would Recant Luther was inforced to depart which Cardinal Cajetan took so ill that he wrote unto the Duke of Saxony That he would either send Luther to Rome or Banish him out of his Territoryes and Exhorted him not to Adhere to Luther's Defenders nor stain the Illustrious Family of which he was Descended But the Elector Returned Answer That it was not in his Power to do it because Luther was not Convicted of any Errour and had done much good Service in the Vniversity and Offered his Cause to Tryal and Disputation At this time the Heroical Courage of Luther was very remarkable for when Luther came at first to Auspurg he by the Advice of such as the Prince Elector sent with him did attend three whole Dayes to have the Emperours Letter for his safety The Cardinal in the mean time did send a Gentleman for Luther to come to him which Luther denied untill the Emperour had granted what he desired whereat the Gentleman being much offended said unto Him Do you presume that Prince Frederick will take up Armes in your behalf I desire it not said Luther in any wise whereupon the Gentleman replyed Where then will you abide Luther made Answer Vnder the Cope of Heaven whereupon the Gentleman being almost amazed at his Confidence said unto Him Suppose you had got the Pope and the Cardinalls in your own Power what would you do with them I woul said Luther give them Honour and Reverence but the fall of Popery is already Begun and I shall see it Accomplished Upon these Considerations Luther's heart fainted not and he Appealed from the Pope to the Council and much about the same time the Bohemians sent a Book to Luther which was written by John Hus which Incouraged him to Constancy and Patience and manifested that the Divinity which he Taught was Sound and True and which in its due time would procure the over throw both of Pope and Popery A Disputation after this was held at Leipswich a City in Misnia and Famous since for the memorable Battels that were fought betwixt the Forces of the Emperour and the Army of the King of Sweden here Luther was invited by John Echius to a Disputation The Argument or Chief Question was Whether the Pope is Head of the Church by Divine Right which Echius Affirmed and Martin Luther Denyed The Chief Argument of Echius was That the Church could not be without a Head seeing it was a Body consisting of severall Members and the better to Confirm himself he produced the place in St. Matthew Thou art Peter and some Sentences of St. Jerome and St. Cyprian and the Judgement of the Councill of Constance in which it was Concluded That it was necessary to Salvation that men should believe that the Pope was the Oecomenical Bishop or Christs Vicar over the whole World but Luther did Refell his Arguments with so much Vigour and Acutenesse of Spirit that his Adversaries were amazed to find him so well prepared After that they entred into Disputation concerning Purgatory and Indulgencies concerning Repentance and Remission of sins and the punishment of them and concerning the Power of the Priests This Disputation Epist Tom. 1 page 176. was afterwards set forth by Luther himself to his great Commendation Luther finding that by so many over-throws which he had given to the Church of Rome he had contracted the Envy and the Hatred of several Persons of Eminency he Addressed himself in a Letter to Charles the Emperour in which he Humbly besought him That he would so long vouchsafe him his protection as that he might give an account of his proceedings to the World and either be known to overcome himself or to be overcome by others he declared himself that it would not become his Imperial Majesty to permit that the Innocent should be violently handled and be trampled on by their Wicked Adversaries To the same Effect he Directed his Letters to the Marquises Earles and Lords of the Empire Not long afterwards he did write to the Arch-Bishop of Meniz and Represented to him how he was Condemned by two sorts of Men By some who never did Read his Books and by Others Who had Read them but with hearts full of Hatred and Prejudice The Arch Bishop returned him a Civil Answer That he heartily Desired that all matters in Religion should be handled by Luther and all Others Religiously Reverently and Modestly and without any Envy Tumult and Contumely to which Luther Answered That if the work be of GOD it will stand firme and unmoveable but if it were out of sinister respects it would easily lè blown away The Pope at this time proceeding violently against Luther some Noble Men of Germany who were of the same Judgement with Luther did offer him Intertainment and Protection Amongst whom Sylvester de Schavenburgen did write a Letter to him to desire him not to depart into Bohemia nor into France or any other Country but to have recourse to him during the time of the Popes Exasperations and Threatnings and promised that a Troup of French Horse should be ready to attend his safely Hereupon Luther reassuming new Courage did admonish Spaletenus of it in a Letter to this Effect I have here sent you the Letter of the French King Knight Sylvester de Schavenburgen Tom. 1. Epist and were it not displeasing to you I do desire that by a Letter from the Prince notice may be given to the Cardinal of St. George whereby he might understand that should they with their Courses and their Threatnings ox pell me from Wittenbergh they should Effect nothing else but make a bad matter much worse For now there are such and so many Princes not only in Bohemia but in the midst of Germany who both can and will defend me from the threats thundred out against me by my Adversaries This unless God prevent it will doubtless be the issue of his matter concerning myself I am ready