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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

him And though it be true that onely faith justifieth yet after it hath justified it is not idle but occupied exercised in working through love So that the whole life of a Christian Man consisteth inwardly in faith towardes God and outwardly in charity and good workes towardes our Neighbour Hee being a perfect Christian inwardly through faith before GOD who hath no need of our workes and outwardly before men whom our faith profiteth nothing but our Charitie or our workes Christ is set out in the Scriptures as an Example and as a Gift and is to be set forth unto those who are alreadie cast downe and bruised through the heavy burden and weight of their sins as a Saviour and a gift and not as an example or a Law-giver But to those who are secure and obstinate he must be set forth as an example Faith is as a bright Sunne beame comming downe from heaven which lighteneth directeth and guideth us But both faith and charitie have their trust and beleife but after divers sorts by reason of the diversitie of their objects Faith trusteth in God and therefore cannot be deceived Charity beleeveth in man and therefore it is often deceived And let the godly remember that as in conscience before God they be free from the curse of the Law from sinne and from death for Christs sake So as touching the body they are servants and must serve one another according to Saint Paul Galath 5.13 serve ye one another through love which wordes do not set the Christians at liberty but shut them under bondage as touching the flesh which doctrine carnall men cannot conceive but good Christians gladly receive and obey it For the ungodly doe most carelesly shake of the yoke and bondage of the flesh and turne the libertie of the spirit into wantonnes and fleshly libertie not observing the commandement of charitie which is not to render evill for evill but to overcome evill with good according to the Apostle Love thy neighbour as thy selfe Faith and hope must continue that by the one we may be justified and by the other be raysed up in adversities and endure unto the end For in respect of the flesh we are sinners but in respect of the spirit we are righteous and so we are partly sinners and partly righteous but our righteousnes if we walke according to the spirit is much more plentifull then our sinne because the holines and righteousnes of Christ our Mediator doth farre exceed the sinnes of the whole world and easily swalloweth up all sins But the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary one to the other So that yee cannot doe the things that yee would doe saith Saint Paul Gal. 5.17 Despaire not therefore in temptations but resist the flesh strongly and fulfil not the lust thereof Thus doing thou art not under the Law For God is mercifull to those that beleeve for Christs sake and imputeth not unto us this sinne which cannot be put away by satisfaction workes or righteousnes but onely by the death of Christ All sinne is damnable as touching the fact it selfe But in that it is not damnable to him that beleeveth it commeth of Christ who by his death hath taken away sinne But to him that beleeveth not in Christ not only all his sinnes are damnable but even his good workes are also sinne according to that saying whatsoever is not of faith is sinne The faithfull assureth himselfe by faith that his sinne is forgiven and not imputed unto him for as much as Christ hath given himselfe for it according to the Apostle Galat. 5.18 If yee bee led by the Spirit yee are not under the Law But all worshippings and services of God and all Religions without Christ are Idolatrie and Idoll service For in Christ alone the Father is well pleased He is the perfection of the Law unto righteousnesse to all that doe beleeve Wherefore let all the godly glory and rejoyce in the Crosse of Christ Jesus and not in the mouth of other men And if there be any that praise them let them receive this glory but as a shadow of true glory and let them thinke the substance of glory to bee indeed the testimony of their owne Conscience And if wee seeke first the glory of God then surely our glory will follow according to that saying Hee that bonoureth me I will glorifie And let all Ministers and Pastors endeavour purely and faithfully to teach the Word and let them have an eye to nothing else but the glory of God and salvation of soules then shall their worke be faithfull and sound We are taught out of the Word of God that there is nothing under the Sunne which availeth unto righteousnesse before God but Christ onely or as Saint Paul saith Gal. 6.15 A new Creature Politique Lawes Mens Traditions Ceremonies of the Church yea and the Law of Moses are such things as are without Christ therefore they availe not unto righteousnesse before God We may use them as things both good and necessary but in their place and time But if we talke of the matter of Justification they availe nothing but hurt very much Wherefore in Christ Jesu or in the matter of Justification we must not dispute of the lawes either of the Jewes or of the Gentiles But we must simply pronounce that neither Circumcision or Vncircumcision availeth any thing in the cause of Faith and Salvation understanding by Circumcision all the Jewes by Vncircumcision all the Gentiles with all their force and all their glory For if Lawes be so set forth and urged as though the keeping of them did justifie a Man or the breaking thereof did condemne him they ought to be taken away and abolished For then Christ looseth his office and his glory who onely justifieth us and giveth us the holy Ghost And a new Creature is the gift of the holy Ghost which cleanseth our heart by faith and worketh the feare of God love chastity and other Christian vertues and giveth power to bridle the flesh and to reject the righteousnesse and wisedome of the World This being the onely and true rule wherein wee ought to walke namely the new Creature which is neither Circumcision nor Vncircumcision But the new man created unto the Image of God in righteousnesse and true holinesse is he who inwardly is righteous in the spirit and outwardly is holy and cleane in the flesh To them who walke after this Rule belongeth peace that is the favour of God forgivenesse of sinnes quietnesse of conscience and mercy That is to say helpe in afflictions and pardon of the remnants of sinne which remaine in our flesh Yea although they which walke after this Rule be overtaken with any sinne yet for that they are the children of grace and peace mercy upholdeth them so that their sinne and fall shall not be laid to their charge God is not a Merchant that will sell unto us his grace for our

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