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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

that great holy man notwithstāding continueth still in the same mynde and supposeth that he shall receiue great honour singular praise because of his precious life thinking that he had fulfilled the commaundement whereupon also he looketh for a ioyfull aunswere that the Lord should say Good maister your maistership hath done all thinges But Christ aunswereth him Do this Which in deede is as much to say as Thou art altogether a naughtie felowe thou hast neuer in all thy life fulfilled so much as one letter thereof so shewing vnto him how euell and naughtie he was Like vnto this Lawyer are all they which do most grieuously offend against the first commaundement and thinke that God is to be loued no more then the wordes sound for and that thereby it is fulfilled the commaundement therefore remaineth in their mouth and doth as it were flote aboue the heart and pearseth it not How God must be loued of vs. but I must go much farther then so I must loue God so that I can be content to forsake all creatures for his sake and if it shall seeme good vnto him my body and life I must loue him aboue all things for he is ielous and can not suffer that any thing be loued aboue him but vnder him he permitteth vs to loue any thinge Euen as the husband can suffer that his wife loue her maydes the house houshold thinges cattel and such like howbeit he suffereth her not to loue any with that loue wherewith she is bound vnto him but himselfe yea he will haue her leaue all such thinges for his sake Againe the wife requireth the same of her husband After the same sort God can suffer that we loue his creatures yea therefore they are created are good The sunne is a goodly creature gold and siluer and whatsoeuer by nature is faire procureth vs to loue it which maketh it deare vnto vs neither is God offended thereat But that I should cleaue vnto the creature and loue it equally with him that neither will he neither can he suffer yea he will haue me both to deny and forsake all these thinges when he requireth it of me and will haue me content although I neuer see the sunne money riches c The loue of creatures must be farre inferiour to the loue which we must beare toward him As he is the soueraigne good so will he also be chiefly loued before all other good thinges If he will not suffer that I shal loue any thing equally with him much lesse will he suffer that I shall loue any thing aboue him Thou seest now as I thinke what it is to loue God with all the heart with all the soule with all the mynde What it is to loue God with all the heart To loue God with all the heart is to loue God aboue all creatures that is although creatures be verie amiable and deare vnto me and I take great delight in them yet must I so loue them that I do contemne and forsake them when my God and Lord requireth that of me To loue God with all the soule What it is to loue God with all the soule is to bestow our whole life body at his pleasure as if the loue of creatures or any tentation assaile thee or would ouercome thee thou mayst say I will rather part from all these then I will forsake my God whether he cast me of either kill me either drowne me or whatsoeuer through his permission shall come vnto me I had rather leaue all thinges then him I will depend on that my Lord rather then vpon all creatures or vpon any other thing whatsoeuer it be Whatsoeuer I haue and am I will bestow but him will I not forsake The soule in the Scriptures signifieth the life of the body whatsoeuer is done by the fiue senses as to eate to drinke to sleepe to wake to see to heare to smell to taste and whatsoeuer the soule worketh by the bodye To loue God with all the strength To loue God with all the strength is for Gods cause to renounce all the members and limmes of the body so that one will offer to perill whatsoeuer he is able in his flesh and body before he will commit that which is against God To loue God with all the minde To loue God with all the mynde is to enterprise nothing but that which many please God whereby he vnderstādeth the thought which is in man that that also be referred to God and to all thinges that be acceptable vnto him Thou perceiuest now what this commaundement of God containeth in it Thou shalt loue God Thou Thou sayth he and that wholy euen euerie part of thee not thy handes not thy mouth not thy knees alone They which do these thinges as it is said do truely fulfill it but no man liueth in the earth which doth so yea we do all otherwise Wherefore the law doth here make vs all sinners so that not so much as the least iote or point thereof is fulfilled of them that are most holy of all in the world For no man doth so cleaue with all his heart vnto God that he can leaue all thinges for his sake We alas are gone so farre that we can not suffer so much as a litle word nay we will not forgoe the value of a halpenie for Gods cause We are farre of from louing God as we ought How can it be that we should loue God when his will is not setled in our mynde If I loue God I can not but loue his will also Now if God send sicknes pouertie shame and ignominie it is his will whereat what do we we murmur we grudge our mynde is caried hither and thither we take it most vnpatiently and yet is this the least What would we do if we should leaue our body and life for God Christ his sake then would we shew our selues after an other sort But in the meane season we do like vnto this Pharise Lawyer we lead an honest life outwardly we worship God we serue him we fast we pray and behaue our selues in outward appearaunce iustly and holily But God doth not require that of vs but that we should bend our selues to do his will with pleasure and loue cheerefully louingly Wherefore whatsoeuer the Lord sayth here to the Lawyer he sayth it to all vs to wit that we haue yet done nothing but that all thinges do yet remaine to be done All men therefore are giltie of death and subiect to Satan All men are lyers vaine filthie and whatsoeuer they pretend it is nothing worth We are wise in our owne matters that we may scrape togither money and goods and we can speake most sweetely and fayrely before men and cūningly propound or set forth our matter What doth God care for these thinges He requireth of vs that we loue him with our whole heart which no mā liuing is able to performe whereupon of