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A06512	A methodicall preface prefixed before the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes very necessary and profitable for the better vnderstandyng of it / made by the right reuerend father and faythfull seruant of Christ Iesus, Martin Luther ; nowe newly translated out of Latin into English, by W.W. ...	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; W. W.	1594 (1594)	STC 16985; ESTC S1353	22,201	55

¶ A Methodicall Preface prefixed before the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes very necessary and profitable for the better vnderstandyng of it Made by the right reuerend Father and faythfull seruaunt of Christ Iesus Martin Luther nowe newly translated out of Latin into English by W.W. student Can there any good thyng come out of Nazareth Come and see Iohn 1.46 Imprinted at London for Thomas Woodcocke dwellyng in Paules Churchyard at the Signe of the blacke Beare To the English Christian Reader W. W. wisheth grace mercy and peace with a true and liuely knowledge of our onely Lorde and omnisufficient Saueour and Redeemer Christ Iesus I Doo offer and present vnto thee gentle Reader here published in Print this litle treatise Aristotle say●… that a good thyng the more comm●… it is made the better it is first written by that famous and godly learned Doctor in Christes Schoole Martin Luther in the Germane or Duche tongue for his owne Countreymen afterwards translated into Latine by a learned man named Iustus Ionas that it might be common to moe then it was before now also though plainly yet faithfully turned into Englishe for the benefite and commoditie of this our Israell by one most studiously carefull The vse of this Preface and zelously desirous of thy profite This excellent Preface wyll leade thee as a Lanterne of light to the better vnderstanding of that most precious most fruitfull and profitable Epistle of S. Paul to the Romanes which when thou canst well and wisely vnderstand first it wyll make thee ready armed well furnished and instructed to withstand and answeare all the popish Romanistes Cods greatest aduersaries and enemies to his Gospell who stoutly mainteyne and defend that mans woorkes doo merite and deserue saluation and so present vs iust and righteous before God Secondly it wyll teache thee a Christian life and conuersation namely howe thou oughtest to bring foorth the woorthy fruites of Fayth which alone doth iustifie vs before God because it is as it were the hand wherby we apprehend and take hold fast of the merits of Christes blessed Passion to be ours Other branches of doctrine and manners there be in that notable Epistle good store Vse and peruse this prologue and then it willighten thine vnderstanding very much in this weighty matter of our saluatiō in this chiefe and principal poynt of Christian religion This high myterie of our saluation dou●…ed of and de●●…ed by the Papistes to wyt whether we be iustified by the workes of the Law or by the mercy of God only for the mediation of his sonne who was made a slaine sacrifice vpō the Crosse for vs most wretched and miserable sinners After that thou doest fully and perfitly attaine to the true meanyng of it I doubt not but thou wilt by the helpe of Gods holy spirite woorking mightily in thee perseuere and continue faithful vnto the ende in this doctrine of faith taught here by the Apostle Only be strong in the Lord 1. Timoth. 1.19 fight a good fight keeping faith and a good conscience then surely this godly doctrine wyll prepare thy hart in a strong defence that the fierie dartes of the Dyuels Ministers by errours and falshood shal not wounde thee Wherfore gentle Reader vse this Introduction to thy comfort and commoditie Reade and regard it and geue God the glorye who be praysed for euer and euer Amen Farewel in the Lord and pray for me as I dayly doo for thee EPHES. 2. VERS 8. 9. ¶ By grace are yee saued through fayth and that not of your selues For it is the gyfte of God and commeth not of woorkes least any man shoulde boast hym selfe A Methodicall Preface prefixed before the Epistle of S. Paul to the Romanes written by Martin Luther and Englished by W. W. SEing that this Epistle of S. Paul writtē vnto the Romans is the Methode of the whole Scripture and the most absolute Epitome or Abridgement of the new Testamēt that is of the Gospell which verily alone it doth briefly most purely set out vnto vs I account it woorthy not only of all Christians to be knowen from their childhood yea and learned without the booke The excellencie of this Epistle word by word but also being by dayly and continual meditation as it were chewed and concocted euen as wel digested meat to descend and enter into our innermost bowels This Epistle is such a riche treasurie of spirituall wealth and as it were a most plentifull Copiae Cornu that he that readeth it a thousand tymes shall alwayes meete with some new thing not perceyued before In so much that the reading of this Epistle is most profitable of all other because it dooth as it were ascende higher in the doctrine of holy things in the knowledge of Christ in learning the nature of fayth in the knowledge of all spirituall affections yea the more it is handled the greater it groweth more pleasaunt and delightful more precious and plenteous it showeth and seemeth then before Wherfore I thought it labour wel bestowed if accordyng to that measure of grace which I haue receyued of God I might put to my helping hand and by this briefe Preface prepare an enery into it to the end that it might more easily and playnly be read vnderstood of all Chiefely knowing that this Epistle which one alone ought to be accounted the Index and Methode of all the Scriptures hath ben so obscured and darkened by certayn mens foolish Commentaries Gloses and vayne subtilties that very fewe Writers in many ages past haue perceyued the drift scope meaning and intention of the Apostle which notwithstanding of it selfe is most easy and playne First of all we must diligently search out and labour to knowe the nature of woordes and figuratiue speaches which the Apostle vseth And before all thyngs we must learne to know what S. Paule meaneth by these and such lyke woords The Lawe Sinne Grace Marke these woordes Fayth Righteousnesse Fleshe Spirit c. Otherwise though thou reade diligently thou loosest all thy labour This word Lawe 1. ●awe what it 〈◊〉 and how it 〈◊〉 to be vn●erstoode must not here be taken after the vsual maner of the Philosophers or accordyng to common reason namely to be defined a Doctrine which teacheth men what to doo and what to leaue vndone For humane or mans lawes are satisfyed if a man doo the externall and outwarde worke onely though in his hart he doo it vnwillyngly But God seeing he knoweth the hart iudgeth according to the secret and internall motions of the hart Therfore the Law of God requireth the hart affections or intētions therof neyther is it satisfyed by the externall deede dooyng vnles they be done with a chearfull hart willingly and with all thy affection Insomuch as it dooth reproue and rebuke nothing so vehemētly Pharisaicall woorkes as those glorious and fained works that is Hypocrisie Lying and the deceyt of the hart Hereupon