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cause_n	faith_n	justification_n	meritorious_a	2,679	5	11.7565	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88657	An abstract of a commentarie by Dr. Martyn Luther, u[pon] the Galathians. Wherein the difference betweene the law, the gospell, and the strength of faith is declared. Whereunto is added divine and morall Latine sentences, taken out of the fathers, and other authors, which are cited i[n the] margent of the Practise of piety, but not E[ng]lished there; which for their excellency, and benefit of those who understand not Latine, are here translated.; In epistolam Sancti Pauli ad Galatas commentarius. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Ferrers, Edmund.	1642 (1642)	Wing L3508; Thomason E147_12; ESTC R212720	18,488	30

as were his friendes but for wicked sinners for the unworthy and for his enemies who have deserved Gods wrath and everlasting death Who gave himselfe for our sinnes Gal. 1.4 God so loved the World that he gave his onely be gotten Sonne that whosoever beleeveth in him should not perish but have everlasting life John 3.16 The Lord hath laid all our iniquitie upon him For the transgression his people was he smitten Esay 53.6.8 Christ is the Sonne of God and of the Virgin Definition delivered and put to death for our sinnes therefore he is no Tyrant or Judge which will condemne us for our sinnes hee is no caster downe of the afflicted but a raiser up of those that are fallen a mercifull releiver and comforter of the heavy and broken hearted The World is the Kingdome of the Devill Every one that teacheth that works doe justifie is a troubler of the Church and of mens consciences Christ and the Law can by no means agree and raigne together in the conscience for the righteousnesse of the Law and the righteousnesse of Grace are contrary And if thou canst not beleeve that God will forgive thy sinnes for Christs sake whom he sent into the World to be our high Priest how then wilt thou beleeve that he will forgive the same for the workes of the Law which thou couldest never performe It seemeth to be a light matter to mingle the Law and the Gospell faith and workes together but it doth more mischeife then mans reason can conceive There is nothing in us able to deserve grace and the for givenesse of sinnes But we obtaine this grace by the free mercy of God onely for Christs sake The knowledge of Christ and of Faith is no worke of man but simply the gift of God We may more safely attribute too much unto God then unto man Mans reason hath the Law for his object but faith being in her owne proper office hath no other object but Jesus Christ It saith not What have I done What have I offended What have I deserved But what hath Christ done What hath hee deserved Whereunto the truth of the Gospell answereth thee hee hath redeemed thee from thy sinne from the Devill and from eternall death which faith acknowledgeth and beleeveth And whosoever turneth away his eyes from this object hath no true faith but a fantasie and a vaine opinion and turneth his eyes from the promise to the Law which terrifieth and driveth to desperation For a true and stedfast faith must lay hold on nothing else but Christ alone who justifieth and needs not to be furnished with charity as Popish Schoolemen teach The proper office of the Law teacheth what I ought to doe The Gospell teacheth what Jesus Christ the Sonne of God hath done for me to wit that he suffered and dyed to deliver me from sinne and death We must not trust or glory in any earthly thing but in God alone Non patitus ludum fima fides oculus Faith maketh a man here like unto God who is immutable so is faith and therefore may suffer nothing give place to no man Nothing fighteth more strongly against Faith then the Law and reason which we must conquer if we will be saved For the conscience must be free from the Law but the body must be obedient to the Law There is as great difference between the righteousnesse of the Gospell and of the Law as God hath made betweene Heaven and Earth light and darknesse day and night The Gospell justifieth in Heaven and the Law on Earth To abstaine from certaine meates for conscience sake is to deny Christ and to overthrow the Gospell God never gave to any man grace and everlasting life for the merit of Congruence or worthinesse For grace cannot be deserved by workes for whatsoever is not of faith is sinne Wherefore hee that would deserve Grace by workes going before faith goeth about to please God with sins The first part of Christianity is the preaching of Repentance and the knowledge of our selves And the second part is not to seeke salvation by workes Christ is no Law-giver but a forgiver of sinnes and a Saviour For wee are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus whom God hath set forth to be a reconciliation unto us through faith in his blood Rom. 3.24 25. These three things Faith Christ Acceptation or Imputation must be joyned together To him that beleeveth sinne is pardoned and righteousnesse imputed but not for the merit of congruence and worthinesse Hee that honoureth me I will honour they that despise me shall be despised 2 Sam. 2.30 By the deeds of the Law no flesh shall be justified Christ is the end and fulfilling of the Law unto righteousnesse The Papists by their doctrine make Christ Moses and Moses Christ turning Grace into the Law and the Law into Grace But it is the proper office of Christ to deliver from sinne and death for he is our reconciliation righteousnesse peace life and salvation And therefore we are justified and reputed righteous before God by faith onely in Christ for we must be dead to the Law if we will live to God But when I have apprehended Christ by faith and through him am dead to the Law justified from sinne delivered from death the Devill and Hell then I doe good workes I love God I give thankes to him I exercise charity towards my neighbour But this charity or workes following doe neither forme nor adorne my faith but my faith formeth and adorneth charity For this is the victorie that overcommeth the World even our Faith 1 John 5.4 Whilest Christ is the Law he is also liberty whilest hee is sinne he is righteousnesse and whilest he is death he is life For in that hee suffered the Law to accuse him sinne to condemne him and death to devoure him hee abolished the Law he condemned sinne he destroyed death he justified and saved mee The Law is crucified and dead unto those onely which beleeve in Christ Therefore in the matter of Justification thou must not separate the person of Christ from thy person By faith we are so joyned together that wee are become one flesh and one bone Ephes 5.30 Good workes ought to be done not as the cause but as the fruits of righteousnesse The Tree maketh the Apple but not the Apple the Tree I live by faith in the Sonne of God who loved me and gave himselfe for me confutes the doctrine to bee able to doe meritorious workes before Grace Ex puris naturalibus c. Workes of supererogation the Papists call those which they doe of their owne devotion more then God requireth Vltra posse viri non vult Dous ulla requiri and such like sentences properly pertaine to the government of Common-wealths and Families and are not to be applyed to the Church Christ is infinite mercy and goodnesse freely given and bountifully giving unto us To reject and refuse the grace