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A26353	The life and death of Dr. Martin Luther the passages whereof have bin taken out of his owne and other Godly and most learned, mens writings, who lived in his time.; Martinus Lutherus. English	Adam, Melchior, d. 1622.; Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Hayne, Thomas, 1582-1645.; Adam, Melchior, d. 1622. Vitae germanorum theologorum.	1643 (1643)	Wing A506; ESTC R7855	90,426	160

the rules of auricular confession prayer to Saints the Popish fasting but he did condemne them onely by the Word of God preached and not by a violent abrogation of them How much he prevailed by those Sermons he telleth in these words I saith he gave offence to Carolostade because I blamed his proceedings though I condemned not his doctrin Onely this disliked me that dealing about ceremonies and outward matters he laboured lesse in that which is Christian doctrin indeed namely faith and charitie for by his unadvised course of teaching he brought the people to this passe that he thought himselfe a Christian by these petty matters by communicating in both kinds by not using confession and by breaking down images c. And this was the beginning of dissention between Luther and Carolostade In this 22. yeer the New Testament came forth as it was translated into the German tongue in his Patmos and afterward revised somewhat by * Melancthon Some Popish Princes and Bishops prohibited their people to read it He wrote also a Letter to the a Bohemians concerning matters of great moment and exhorted them to constancie in the truth which they had received and that they would not fall back to Antichrist for a vain hope of peace He also disswaded them from making themselves guiltie of the innocent blood of John Hus and Jerome of Prague And where as some objected their many different Sects he shewed that there were many more among the Papists and prescribed the Bohemians a course how they might cure this disease Here he inveighed earnestly against such Bishops as did condemne and persecute the doctrin of the Gospel and being often provoked did neither defend their own doctrin nor refute Luthers He shewed them that by their tyranny they should not prevaile because he was neither moved by the Popes Anathema or curse nor Caesars proscription and that he would endeavour so much the more to propagate the Gospel and set to it with the more courage by how much the more violently they withstood it and that the Gospel would not be extinguished though they should kill him and that God would plague them most conspicuously and grievously if they proceeded in their furious course In this booke he so angred the then Bishops Abbats Monks and the whole dregs of them that they resolved that seeing they could not burne Luther himself they would burne all his books About this time also Luther confuted Nicolas Stork Thomas Muncer and other fanaticall ring-leaders and Prophets broaching new doctrines who pretended revelations Angelical and conferences with God and denyed the Baptisme of infants and thereby sowed the seed of Anabaptisme These false prophets came from the Cygnean Citie to Wittenberg in Luthers absence and molested Carolostade and Melancthon Now also Luther answered Henry the eight King of England who as other adversaries also set out a book against Luther and had given him by Pope Leo the title of Defender of the Faith of the Church Onely Luther answered him somewhat sharply which course some of Luthers friends disliked Of the same thus Erasmus wrote If Luther first commending the godly care of the King had afterward with solid arguments refuted his opinions and laid no disgrace on the Kings person I suppose he had done that which would much have advanced his cause Againe What set Luther on to say in his book against the King Let your Highnesse come to me and I will teach you Truely the Kings book was written in a good Latine style and not unlearnedly Luther thus excuseth this his fact If any man be offended at my sharpnesse towards the King I thus answer him In that book I have to do with senselesse monsters who contemne my best and most modest writings and my humble submission and are more hardened by my calmnesse Besides I abstained from bitter speeches and lyes with which the Kings book is full fraught nor is it any great matter if I give no more respect to an earthly King and speake sharply seeing he was not afraid to blaspheme the King of Heaven with his speech and to speake profanely in his virulent lyes God the righteous judge divide the matter between us This book he dedicated to Sebastian Earle of Schlick whose singular pietie and zeale he commendeth and saith he will make this writing the beginning of his flying to the Bohemians For both the King and others had falsely accused him of flying thither and did triumph and brag saying We have wonne the day the Heretick is fled to the Hereticks In the yeere 1523. at the Assembly at Norinberg the Emperour being absent the decree made at Wormes was disannulled And when the Popes Legate complained thereof and said that Luther was not punished according to Caesars decree The Princes answered that most men in Germany were so instructed by Luthers Sermons and books that if that decree had been executed it would have given occasion of great sedition and that this construction would have been made thereof namely that the truth of the Gospel was thereby oppressed and extinguished and manifest errors and evils stood for which might not be tolerated or winked at any longer And that now this assembly was gathered that a free Councell might shortly be kept in Germany at Mentz or Argentorate or Mets or Cullen And that in the meane time Luther and others should set forth no books the Preachers should Preach nothing but the Gospel plainly and modestly according to the interpretations commonly received by the Church that such Preachers as transgressed should be mildly punished by fit men appointed by the Bishops lest any one should suspect that this was done to hinder the free preaching of the Gospel that the Printers should imprint or divulge nothing but what was allowed and approved by learned and judicious men that the Priests who had married wives should be amerced according to the award of the Popes lawes There were here also exhibited to the Legate an hundreth grievances of the German nation of which we will speak else-where This Decree was diversly interpreted by severall parties Luther by his letters to the Princes declared how he conceived the meaning of it And 1 that they commanding that the Gospel should be taught according to the received judgement of the Church intended not according to the course of Thomas or Scotus but of Hilarie Ambrose Augustine and the like Againe that the Bishops should chuse fit men who should be present at Sermons and mildly admonish such as offended if need were This Luther shewed to be well decreed but could never be effected because they wanted learned men Concerning that which they decreed about books he rejected it not so that the decree did not extend to the sacred books of the Scripture the publishing whereof was in no wise to be prohibited Lastly concerning the amercing of Priests who either married or left their order the decree was too harsh

and if the Gospel was purely to be preached ought to be mitigated The Emperour was somewhat offended with the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tempted by his Legate to take it away but all in vain For this businesse was farre otherwise concluded of in heaven then at Norinberg as Luther wrote For the Princes and Cities of the Empire strove who first should admit the reformed doctrin This was done in Denmark Prussia Livonia Silesia and elsewhere In this yeere Luther set forth the book concerning the dignitie and office of the Civil Magistrate Frederik the Elector was much delighted with this book He wrote also to the Waldenses commonly called the Picards concerning the adoring the Sacrament In which book he first mentions the opinion of Berengarius concerning the Lords Supper before he began the contention with the Helvetians He now also set forth the five books of Moses in the German tongue three thousand yeers since the death of Moses He published also a book to the Senate of Prague about ordaining of Ministers and another about avoyding the doctrine of men He wrote this yeere also to the Livonians and shewed his great joy at their entertaining the Evangelicall doctrin which many tyrants in Germany sought obstinately to oppresse and forewarned them that they must expect cruell persecutions of the same kind to the undergoing whereof he gravely and piously exhorted them encouraging them to be resolute and to persevere valiantly in the truth of the Gospel which they had received He further did instruct them briefly and pudent and brasen forehead For this he called Amsdorfe to witnesse and sayd that all of them except three were want on persons and not to be maintained yea that it was the duty of the Magistrats to prohibite their whoredom compell them to marry For though no man can be compelled and forced to the truth yet publique wickednesse is to be taken away At the least the Masses might be forborne which were maintained at the Princes charge and were wickedly performed and to no good end Iohn the Prince of Anhalt by Doctour Ieronymus and a Franciscan warned Luther to acquite himselfe of holding a new Article with which Ferdinand of Norinberg did charge him namely that he held that Christ was the seed of Abraham At the first Luther conceived that they jested with him but when he found that they spoke it sadly he was forced to give credit to their speech that he was in very deed so accused Pope Adrian then opposed the Gospel and by his Bull as they call it very much blamed Frederik Electour of Saxony for the neglect of his duty in not punishing or banishing Luther And then warned and intreated the Prince that now at length he he would doe it and if he would not he should try how keen the Popes and Emperours swords were The same request Henry the eight King of England and Lodowik King of Hungary and Bohemia made To all these the Elector returned no other answer then that Luther was first to be heard in the Councel before he was to be condemned The Popes Legate also accused Luther at the Norician assembly as being most like to Mahomet For as the Turkes by Polygamy so Luther taking away the vowes of Chastity doth loose the reines to all licentiousnesse and overthrow the state of the Church and therefore he might be condemned before he was heard besides as now he did shew his cruelty against the Ecclesiasticall state he would afterward doe the like against the Political In this yeere Christiern King of Denmark and his wife sister of Charles the fifth were expulsed their Kingdome for his too violent government And being in banishment at the Court of his Unkle Frederik Elector of Saxony heard Luther preach In the 24. yeere Clemens the 7. made Pope in Adrians steed sent Laur. Campegius the Cardinal his Logate to Norinberg He wrote at large to Frederik the Elector and highly praysed the Popes good will and did undertake that a Councel should be called Then also Caesar and most of the Princes of the Empire pressed for the decree of Wormes Which thing when Luther had notice of he bewayled the state of Germany and complained of the blindnesse of men That yeare Erasmus Roterod perswaded by the King of England and Thomas Wolsey Cardinal wrote against ●…ker He put forth against his will as he wr●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…thor the Treatise concerning f●… What was Luthers judgement about the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he wrote to Spalatinus sheweth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the booke of Eras. concerning free-will and yet I have scarce read eight leaves thereof It grieveth me to answer so unlearned a book of a man so learned That book was answered by Luther An. 1526. with which delay the mindes of learned men were held in suspence what would be the issue of the controversie This yeere was remarkable for the unhappy Sacramentary controversie The beginning and proceeding whereof is related in the life of Carolostade Zwingl and Oecolamp and I list not here to renew our griefe by opening the sore again About this time came forth the fanatick writing of Tho. Muncer of Stolberg and the Preacher of Alstet in which he disgorged his venemous fury against the Lutherans The book which he wrote against Luther was dedicated to Christ Prince of Princes He rayled on Luther because he wanted an Enthusiasticall spirit and had nothing in his writing but a carnall spirit The same Muncer wrote to Melancthon a letter plainly shewing his fanaticall spirit Luther now put forth Davids Psalter in the German tongue a book against the seditious and an Epistle to Frederik and Iohn Princes of Saxony against the enemies of images and Enthusiasts who boasted of illumination and conference with God He also set forth a booke about the Exaltation of Benno a Bishop once of Misnia whose bones were on the sixteen day of May digged up at Misnia exalted and placed in a marble Tombe which act some took to be religious other jested and laughed thereat This yeere in October Luther laid aside his Monkishhood and declared his judgement concerning the Synode to be called for determination of the ceremonies saying thus I thinke it not very safe to call together a Councell of our men for the setling an uniformitie of Ceremonies for it will set a bad example though it be attempted with a good zeale as appeareth by all Councels from the beginning So that in the Apostolicall Synode they did more treat concerning matter of action and Traditions then of faith In the Synodes after this they never disputed about faith but alwayes about opinions and questions that the name of Councels is more suspected and hated by me then the name of free will If one Church will not of its own accord imitate another in externall matters what need is there to compell them by the decrees of Councels which presently are changed into lawes