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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

spirituall Not because they leave of to be bodies but because they subsist by a vivificating Spirit Res verae sunt in mundo invisibili in mundo visibili vmbrae rerum Herm. True thinges are in the invisible world in the visible world only the shadow of things Lumen est umbra Dei et Deus est lumen luminis Plato Light is the shadow of God and God is the light of light Homo malè utens libero suo arbitrio et se liberum suum arbitrium perdidit Aug Man evilly using his free will lost himselfe and his free will Per lapsum arbitrij libertas in naturalibus manca in supernaturalibus amissa est donee gratia restituetur Phil By Mans fall his free will was maymed in naturall things and quite lost in supernaturall untill by grace it be restored Fleres si scires vnum tua tempora mensem Rides quum non sit forsitan una dies Tho Morus Wouldest thou weepe if thou knewest thy life to be but a month long And doest thou laugh when perchance it is not a day Quotidie morimur quotidie enim demitur pars vitae et tunc quoque cum crescimus vita decrescit Vives We die daylie for continually a part of our life is taken away and then also when we grow our life decreases Quem dies vidit veniens superum hunc dies vidit fugiens iacentem Senec. He that you saw in the morning a loft before night you see lyeing in the dust Qui conscientiae curam abijciunt nec homines reverentur nec Deum They who have no conscience regard neither Men nor God Socrates in foro egressus quam multis inquit ego non egeo Non est ergo pauper quinon caret sed qui eget Socrates going out into the Market said how many things are heere which I want not Therefore he is not poore that wants not but he who hath need Qui notus nimis omnibus ignotus moritur sibi Senec. He who is too well knowne to all dies unknown to himselfe Insaniae damnandi sunt qui tam multa anxie congerunt quum sit tam paucis opus Vives They are to be condemned of madnes who with such care gather soe much when soe little will suffice Nobile vincendi genus est patientia vincit Qui patitur si vis vincere disce pati The noblest way to overcome is Patience He overcomes who suffers if thou wilt overcome learne to suffer Opti na injuriae vltio est oblivio The best revenge of an Injurie is to forget it Ne verbis quod scis ostentes sed rebus te ostende scire Boast not in words but shew by thy deedes what thou knowest Non refert quanta sit vitae diuturnitas sed qualis sit administratio Vives It skils not how long but how well we live Tota vita dies vnus et mirum sit homines non exsatiari iisdem toties redeuntibus All our life is as one day and it is strange that men should not be wearied with them so often returning Non potest praesentem diem recte vivere is qui se non eum quasi vltimum victurum esse cogitat He cannot live well this present day that thinkes not to live so as if it were his last Nescit paenitenda loqui qui proferenda prius suo tradidit examini Cassiod He shall not speake thinges to be repented of who considers well first what he is to speake Si mendacem te nôrint nemo tibi credet etiamsi affirmas verissima Arist If thou art knowne to be a lier no man will beleeve thee though thou speakest the truth Vera amicitia tantummodo est inter bonos Mali nec inter se amici sunt nec cum bonis True freindship is only amongst the good For the bad are neither freindes amongst themselues nor with the good Civilem amicum sic habeas vt putes posse inimicum fieri So esteeme of a civill freind that thou thinkest he may become thine Enemy Quod taceri vis prior ipse taceas What thou desirest to be kept secret be sure first to keepe thy selfe secret Reprehensio semper vel meliores vel cautiores nos reddit Reprehension doth alwaies make us better or more cautious Si reprehendi fers aegre reprehendenda ne feceris If thou takest it ill to be reprehended doe not thinges worthy of reprehension Qui facile in serijs jurat in jocis jurabit qui in jocis et in mendacio Vives He who commonly sweares in serious matters will sweare in jest and he that will in jest will also to a lye Affabilitas et Comitas res sunt nullius impendij amicitias tamen magnas conglutinant exhibitae dissolvunt praetermissae Affabilitie and curtesy are things of no cost yet being vsed doe cause great love and friendship and loose the same being omitted Omnis peccandi occasi● vitanda est nam qui am●t periculum peribit in illo All occasion of sinning is to be eschewed for he that loves danger shall perish therein Nil juvat bonum omen reclamante conscientia Good fortune delights nothing where the conscience accuses Qui statuit aliquid parte inaudita altera aequum licet statuerit haud aequus fuerit Senec Who determines a matter one parte being not heard though he judges rightly yet he was not just Melius vt pereat vnus quam vt pereat vnitas It were better one should perish then that vnitie should perish Nihil est aliud tempus quam vita quam vnusquisque tantum se amare profitetur quum rei nullius magis sit prodigus quam temporis Time is no other thing then our life which every one professes to love so much yet there is nothing that we are more prodigall of then of our time Non turpe est veniam precari turpe est Deum aut hominem habere inimieum It is not ill to crave pardon But it is ill to have God or man our enemy Cui semel ignoveris cura vt illi sentiat bona fide id esse actum et si qua in re illum juvare potes experiatur te amicum Vives Whom thou doest once pardon take care that he understand it be done really and if in any thing thou canst helpe him let him finde thee to be his friend In vita tempus quod somno impenditur non est vita vita enim vigilia est In our life the time which is spent in sleepe is not life for our life is a watch Da Domine quod jubes et jube quod vis Aug. Give Lord what thou commandest and command what thou pleasest Vt somnus mortis sic lectus imago Sepulchri As sleepe is the Image of death so our bed of our grave Hoc me docuisti vt quemadmodum medicamenta sic alimenta sumpturns accedam Aug This thou hast taught me that even as I receive medicaments even so I should receive nourishment Major sum ad

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