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A06521	Special and chosen sermons of D. Martin Luther collected out of his writings and preachings for the necessary instruction and edification of such, as hunger and seeke after the perfect knowledge and inestimable glorie which is in Christ Iesu, to the comfort and saluation of their soules. Englished by VV.G.; Sermons. English. Selections	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Gace, William.	1578 (1578)	STC 16993; ESTC S108932	436,833	500

vvordes and iudgement I make no small account of but aftervvard entring into deeper consideration of the matter and vveying on the one side the great ignorance of many euen in matters of saluation togither vvith the dayly dishonouring of God by vngodly life and on the other side the diuine doctrine and most vvholsom exhortations vvhich these Sermons conteine I vvas more forcibly stirred vp thereunto and thought that the painefull perusing of them and frutefull follovving of that vvhereof they entreat vvould be a souereigne salue to help to cure such daungerous diseases For by them may they learne to knovv one onely true God and vvhom he hath sent Iesus Christ and the infinit riches vvhich are comprised in him and offered vnto vs through him of God his Father that he humbled him selfe to exalt vs that he became a seruaunt to set vs at libertie that he vvas empouerished to make vs rich that he dyed for our sinnes rose again for our iustification that through his meanes mercie hath svvallovved vp miserie and bounty hath ouercome all euill finally that vvithout him there is no ioy nor consolation no peace nor quietnes no felicitie nor saluation but that he is the onely meanes by vvhich all good thinges are attained so that they vvhich enioy him receiue not one gift alone as vvith Salomon vvisedom vvith Samson strength vvith Iob patience vvith Paule zeale c but for pouertie they receiue riches for vveakenes strength for folly vvisedom for seruitude freedom for griefe ioy for sinne righteousnes for death life yea all good thinges vvhatsoeuer VVherefore if the faithfull man be pressed vvith pouertie he may here learne that by Christ he is adopted to be the Sonne of God and so may be comforted saying to him selfe Hovv can he be poore vvhich hath God to his Father vvho both is able to giue all thinges necessary for his is the earth and all that therein is and also vvill giue the same because he is most louing and gracious to his children Againe if he feele in him selfe vveaknes he may learne here that he is not able of him selfe to attaine vnto strength but that it is the gift of Christ vvho strengtheneth such as beleeue in him so may be stirred vp by harty prayer to aske the same of him that he vvill vouchsafe by his holy spirit to strengthen and confirme him that he may be able to performe that by grace vvhich by nature and of him selfe he shall neuer be able to doe as mightely to subdue the rebellious flesh strongly to resist and at the last valiauntly to ouercome the tentations of Satan patiently to beare the troubles of the vvorld and constantly to contemne the allurements of the same Moreouer if he thirst after diuine and heauenly vvisedom vvhich is to knovv God aright and those thinges that are necessary to be knovvne to the attaining of saluation he may finde here largely and liuely set forth that Christ came his Fathers Embassadour and Messenger to men that by him they might be brought to the right knovvledge of God and into all truth so that by him vve are enlightened vvith the knovvledge of God by him vve are instructed in all truth and consequently by him vve obtaine diuine and heauenly vvisedom Here also shall he learne that Christ vvas made vnder the lavve that he might redeeme them vvhich vvere in bondage vnder the lavve of seruile bondmen make them free sonnes euen the children of God Furthermore if griefe and heauines come vpon him he is here taught vvhere true ioy may be had euen in Christ Iesus alone that in him onely he may fynde sure comfort souereigne medicines present remedie true ioy of heart and quietnes of conscience Finally vvhereas vve are synnefull and haue by our synnes iustly deserued Gods eternall vvrath and most heauie vengeance he shall here learne that Christ hath payed the ransome for our synnes and pacified Gods most grieuous vvrath and displeasure iustly conceiued against vs. And because it is not sufficient that due satisfaction be made for synnes and Gods vvrath appeased but vve must also appeare righteous before God it is here shevved that as by one mans disobedience many vvere made synners so by the obedience of one namely of Iesus Christ as many as beleeue in him shal be made righteous inasmuch as his righteousnes is imputed to them as their ovvne vvhereby they appeare perfectly righteous before God and are accepted of him so that vvhereas they had of themselues deserued eternall death they are through Christ accounted vvorthie of euerlasting life But vvhat doe I goe about to rehearse the infinite treasures vvhich the faithfull enioy through Christ it shall be sufficient to conclude vvith the Apostle Paule and say If God spared not his ovvne Sonne but gaue him for vs all to death hovv shall he not vvith him giue vs all thinges also Novv forasmuch as these thinges and the right meanes to attaine vnto them are in these Sermons of that most learned Diuine Martin Luther most learnedly yea euen diuinely set forth they may vndoutedly be a singular meane not onely to instruct them vvhich be ignorant in matters of saluation but also to increase and confirme the knovvledge of such as haue already vvell profited in Christian religion Hovvbeit there is annexed hereunto sound and absolute doctrine concerning good vvorkes and godly conuersation as being most necessary to be of all Christiās perfectly knovvne and effectually follovved For Christians through Christ being become the Sonnes of God hovv vnmeete yea hovv abhominable a thinge is it that they should resemble Satan in their doinges being novv made the members of Christ hovv detestable a thing is it that they should be instruments of iniquitie being novv the temple of the holy Ghost hovv beastly a thinge vvere it to defyle the same vvith the filthines of synne Finally hauing receiued so many and so great benefites of God through Christ hovv vvicked and shamefull a thinge should it be to be vnthankefull to so gracious a God to be disobedient to so louing a Father in any vvise to displease so mercifull a Sauiour But it shal be needelesse much to stand vpon this point seeing it is not vnknovvne to the faithfull vvith hovv great endeuour they ought to auoyde that vvhich is euill and embrace that vvhich is good and therefore shall syncere perfect doctrine concerning good vvorkes be vnto them no lesse commodious and profitable then needefull and necessarie For the causes aboue specified especially among other I haue right VVorshipfull though not finely yet faithfully translated these Sermons into our vulgar tounge and haue done myne endeuour for the publishing of the same vvhich I doe humbly dedicate to your VVorships protection by your zealous godlines and godly zeale chiefly moued thereunto vvhereby I am induced to thinke that you vvill vvell accept of them For as the godly do vvith Dauid delight in the Arke of the Couenant in the Tabernacle of the Lord in

vnto vs the couenant made to Abraham Thus he sayth to Abraham By my selfe haue I sworne sayth the Lorde that in blessing I will blesse thee And in thy seede c. Which words the Prophets diligently held marked hādled alwaies trusted vnto them for that he doth here solemnly sweare that he might wholy assure vs that he would poure forth his blessing vpon vs. And now the time is present the hower is come wherein he hath sworne that saluation should come vnto vs as it is declared Mar. 16. Goe ye into all the world preach the Gospell to euery creature he that shall beleue be baptised shall be saued but he that will not beleeue Abraham merited not the promise shall be damned Men surely haue not merited it no not Abraham him selfe who was not made partaker of the promise seeing that he died long before the fulfilling thereof In spirit in deede and faith he was partaker of it but he liued not so long til the Gospel was reuealed to the whole world The promise therfore was made vnto him although as I haue sayd he looked not for the fulfilling therof in this life That is his life was not prolonged vntill the preaching of the Gospell in the whole world although in faith he obtained the Gospell for him selfe Wherefore it can not be sayd that that promise was due to his merits otherwise he must haue liued in the earth vntill the fulfilling thereof and a due price or reward must haue bene payd vnto him But now the performing of the promise was after his death so that euery one must needes confesse that that promise was not made to Abraham because of his merits Againe it can not be sayd The Gentiles merited not the enioying of the promise that the Gentiles which enioy this promise haue obtained it by their merits which then were not God promiseth to the fathers and performeth not he performeth to the Gentiles to whom notwithstāding no promise was made who all at that time were not God will alwayes retayne to him self his honour and be the same God although the wicked world can not be so perswaded He chasteneth reproueth rebuketh prouoketh stirreth allureth doth whatsoeuer is to be done but the worldlings rob him of his honour and attribute it to them selues that is they will not acknowledge that whatsoeuer they possesse or haue it commeth vnto them by the only grace of God When therefore we glory of such good thinges acknowledge not God to be the author and giuer of them we make our selues as God and him as our seruaunt So he is dishonoured and the honour attributed vnto vs. But albeit we make marchandize of his honour yet he hath affirmed in the Scriptures that he will keepe his honour and glorye onely to him selfe that so he may be acknowledged to giue all things of his meere and only grace These thinges he that beleueth doth also receiue them he that doth not beleue shall at the lēgth receiue his due reward Zacharias sayth moreouer Verse 74. That we being deliuered out of the hands of our enemies might serue him without feare Verse 75. All the dayes of our life in holines and righteousnes before him He hath defined the nature and propertie of this kingdom that is the couenant made with Abraham that in his seede all the nations of the earth should be blessed c. Which words of blessing thus sayth he I will interpret vnto you that being deliuered out of the handes of our enemies we may serue him without feare all our life long in holines and righteousnes before him Which to the world and our flesh sauoureth not well For the world thus murmureth here I had thought that he woulde haue giuen vs some pretious thing as a purse well stuffed with money a rich wife fayre and bewtifull children goodly houses and whatsoeuer the world is delighted in But now I perceiue it to be otherwise I heare that we must without feare serue him in holines righteousnes and so please him Wherefore it shall be meete that we apply hereunto spirituall eyes and eares that we may more rightly consider and vnderstand the wordes Whereas he sayth that he will deliuer vs from all our enemies it is againe thus to be vnderstood that this kingdom is placed in the middes of enemies and notwithstanding that it is not therefore destroyed but that alwayes all the enemies and aduersaries thereof are ouercome We must vnderstand also that the deliuerance from our enemies tendeth hereunto that we should alwayes obey him that deliuereth vs without any feare And this is a Christian thing an amiable kingdom that a Christian shall leade his life without feare Howbeit God hath bestowed this vpon vs that we should hereafter serue him alone The words without feare include in them that we shall quietly enioy the good thinges of this present world A Christian how he liueth without feare of the world to come For a Christian is sure and certaine of the forgiuenes of his sinnes although he as yet feeleth them as we haue sayd a litle before He is certaine that death hath no power in him that Satan doth not ouercome him that the worlde can not preuaile against him Such a hart is without all perill and feare plainly free from them Which doe not thou so vnderstand as though we do not feele sinne at all but that we are greatly grieued when sinnes trouble vs when the image or sight of death terrifieth vs when as being reproched and sclaundered of the world we stand as destitute and haue none in this earth to whom we may turne vs or resort for succour but God alone These thinges in deede are felt but they doe not preuaile nor ouercome vs for the hart notwithstanding remaineth safe and quiet in God So pouertie also is felt when thou art pinched with hunger hast not wherewithall to fill thy belly to maintaine thy wife and bringe vp thy children nor any certaine place where to dwell and abide but all these thinges shall not hurt thee thou must aske of God whatsoeuer thou needest serue him without feare as our present text declareth But herein we doe for the most part behaue our selues not as Christians we iudge after our owne affection and sense according as the world doth blame vs or report euill of vs. Also when our fieldes haue no corne no money is in our purse we thinke our selues vtterly destitute and forsaken But a true Christian with shut eyes and eares sayth with Paule speaking to the Galathians O flesh sinne death ye are dead vnto me Gal. 2. 6. and I againe am dead vnto you that Christ may liue in me The world is crucified vnto me and I vnto the worlde That is the worlde hath no care or regard of me and my preaching and life is mocked and scorned of it But with the same measure that thou measurest vnto me I will measure to