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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

AN ABSTRACT OF A COMMENTARIE By Dr. MARTYN LVTHER upon 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 in Margent of the Practise of Piety but not Englished there Which for their excellency and benefit of those who understand not Latine are here translated 2 COR. 12.9 My power is made perfect through Fides sola non est sola LONDON Printed for Henry Atkinson and are to be sold at his Shop at Staple-Inne Gate in Holborne 1642. To my honored Vncle MICHAEL MALET of Poyntington in the County of Sommerset Esquire SIR YOur pious life in fearing God eschewing evill and doing good hath ever beene a lively Character to regulate my life by and hath imboldened me to present and dedicate to your grave Patronage and curteous acceptance this Abstract taken out of a Commentary of Doctor MARTYN LVTHER upon the Galathians a Coppy whereof I sent you a yeer since in writing and now have published the same in Print for the benefit of my friends and acquaintance and all zealous religious servants of the Lord It containing in a few leaves most excellent matter of saving Faith which is the Summe of Mans Salvation 〈…〉 ely revealed and set forth unto us 〈◊〉 the Old and New Testament which ●●osoever duely considers unlesse stu 〈…〉 ied with supine carelesnesse and be●itched with the vaine pleasures va 〈…〉 ties of this world will utterly despise 〈…〉 d contemne all earthly and transitory 〈…〉 ings and continually being overcome 〈…〉 i th a divine rapture meditate and con 〈…〉 mplate upon eternall blessednesse The ●yes whereof are more then ever eye ●ath seen the eare heard or the heart of ●an can conceive Witnesse St. Paul 2. Cor. 12.2 who was caught up into the 〈…〉 ird Heaven whither God Almighty I ●ost humbly pray and beseech to bring ●ou my deere loving Vncle and all good ●hristians together with Your obedient Nephew and humble Servant To the Reader THis Epitome Christian Reader is totally that famous and reverend Piller of our Church Doctor MARTYN LVTHERS being an Abstract of his Commentarie upon Saint Pauls Epistle to the Galathians And as all our new Corne comes out of our old Fields and all our new Learning out of old Bookes for Nihil dictum quod non dictum priùs I thought I could not present to good Christians a better worke it being the bread that comes downe from Heaven and the direct and true path that leades to eternall happinesse being well and throughly digested and ingrafted in the heart and dayly practised in our Lives and Conversations The Commentary it selfe is a rich Cabinet of most pretious rare Jewels and these the choisest and rarest as I conceive in that Cabinet or Treasurie which though it be very short and easily read over in an houres time Yet it being rightly understood and stedfastly beleeved brings everlasting life and Glory which is heartily prayed for and wished to the godly Reader by the Publisher hereof who is thy servant in the Lord. Edmund Ferrers AN ABSTRACT TAKEN out of a Commentary of Doctor Martyn Luther upon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Galathians 1. THere is a politicall or civil righteousnes which Emperours Princes of the world Philosophers and Lawyers deale withall Secondly there is a Ceremoniall righteousnesse which the Traditions of men doe teach this Parents and Schoole-Masters may teach in regard they doe not attribute to it any power to satisfie for sinne to please God or to deserve grace but teach such Ceremonies as are necessarie for the correction of manners and life Thirdly There is a Righteousnes of the Law or of the tenne Commandements which Moses teacheth which we teach after the doctrine of faith Fourthly there is a Righteousnes aboue all these to wit the Righteousnes of faith or Christian Righteousnes which wee must diligently discerne from the former for they are contrary to this righteousnes consisting in works which are active but this is a passive Righteousnes Of all things in the world the Law is most excellent yet is it not able to quiet a troubled conscience but increaseth Terrors and driveth it into desperation For by the Law sinne is made above measure sinfull I abandon my selfe from all active Righteousnes both of my owne and of Gods law and embrace only that passive Righteousnes of grace mercy and forgivenesse of sins Therefore the greatest wisedome of a good Christian is not to know the law to be ignorant of workes and of the whole active righteousnes especially when the conscience wrestleth with the Iudgements of God But it is è contrario to those who are not of Gods people for the law is not given to a righteous man but to the law lesse and disobedient And both the word of Grace and of wrath must be rightly divided according to the Apostle 2 Tim. 2. which is To set forth the Law and workes to the Old man and the promise of forgivenesse of sinnes and of Gods mercy to the New man Rom. 10.4 The law continued unto Christ who being come Moses ceaseth with his law Circumcision the Sacrisices the Sabbaths and all the Prophets He that is borne of God cannot sinne 1. Ioh. 3.18 it the Article of Justification be once lost then is all true Christian doctrine lost the law ought to have dominion only over the flesh whosoever is assuredly preswaded that Christ is his Righteousnes it is impossible but he should doe all things well Grace and Peace comprehend in them whatsoever belongeth to Christianitle grace releaseth sinne and peace maketh the conscience quiet The two fiendes that torment us are Sinne but sinne is rather increased by workes for there is no meanes to take away sinne but grace alone The peace of the world granteth not king but the peace of our goods and bodies I am the way the truth and the life No man commeth to the father but by me Ioh. 14.6 wherefore in the matter of Iustification we must look upon no other God but only this god incarnate clothed with mans nature who saith Math. 11.28 Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will refresh you In Christ are hid all the Treasures of wisdome and knowledge For in him dwelleth the fulnesse of the Godhead bodily Col. 2.3.9 The world is ignorant of this For no man knoweth the father but the Soune and he to whom the Sonne will reveale him Mat. 11.17 Christ giveth not grace and peace as the Apostles give them but he giveth them as the Authour and Creatour The giftes which we receive of the father and which we receive of the Sonne are all one Behold the lambe of God who taketh away the sinne of the world Ioh. 1.29 which shews that we cannot put them away by our owne workes Christ was not given for the holy righteous worthy and such

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

my Saviour Christ besides him I will see nothing I wil heare nothing This faith is our victory whereby we overcome the terrour of the Law sinne death and all evils and yet not without great Conflicts Come unto me saith Christ all ye that labour under the Yoke of the Law Mat. 11.28 for I have vanquished the Law by double right and authority first as the Sonne of God and Lord of the Law Secondly in your person which is as much as if yee had overcome the Law your selves for my victorie is yours If any man have not the Spirit of Christ the same is none of his Rom. 8.9 If a man be uncertaine and stand in doubt of the grace and favor of God towardes him then Christ profiteth nothing for he that doubteth of Gods favour towardes him must needs doubt also of the promises of God and soe consequently of the will of God and of the benefites of Christ namely that he was borne suffered died and rose againe for us c. If we could fully assure our selues and constantly beleeve that God is our Father and we his sonnes and heires then should we overcome the Law your selves for my victorie is yours If any man have not the Spirit of Christ the same is none of his Rom. 8.9 If a man be uncertaine and stand in doubt of the grace and favour of God towardes him then Christ profiteth nothing for he that doubteth of Gods favour towardes him must needs doubt also of the promises of God and so consequently of the will of God and of the benefites of Christ namely that he was borne suffered died and rose againe for us c. If we could fully assure our selves and constantly beleeve that God is our Father and we his sonnes and heires then should we utterly contemne this world with all the glory righteousnes wisedome and power and with al the riches and pleasures thereof neither should wee be so carefull for this life Whosoever apprehendeth the son and me and my promise in him by faith to him I am a God to him I am a father him doe I accept justifie and save Christ is the finishing and accomplishing of the Law to righteousnes to every one that beleeueth Ro. 10.4 They that beleeve in him shal be blessed with faithfull Abraham they are the sonnes and heires of God who giveth the word which when we haue received by faith given from above we are new borne and the sonnes of God for there is no other name given unto men under heaven whereby they must be saved The heart being furnished with this confidence or assurance to wit that for Christes sake we are righteous hath the true forme of Christ which is given by the Ministrie of the word as it is said 1. Cor. 4. J have begotten you through the Gospell that is to say in spirit that ye might know Christ and beleeue in him We must distinguish the heavenly and spirituall blessing from the earthly for the earthly blessing is to have a good civil government both in Common-wealthes and Families to have children peace riches fruits of the earth and other temporall commodities But the heavenly blessing is to be delivered from the Law sinne and death to be justified and quickned to life to have peace with God to have a faithfull heart a joyfull conscience and spiritual consolation to have the knowledge of Jesus Christ to have the gift of prophecy the revelation of the scriptures to have the guifts of the holy Ghost and to reioyce in God These are the heavenly guifts which Christ giveth to his Church A Christian laying hold of the benefits of Christ through faith hath no Law but all the Law is to him abolished with all his terrors and torments For Christ hath made us free not civilly nor carnally but divinely That is to say we are made free in such sort that our consciences are now free and quiet not fearing the wrath of God to come And certainly this christian libertie swalloweth up at once and taketh quite away the whole heape of evils the Law sinne death Gods wrath and breifly the serpent himselfe with his head and whole power and in stead thereof it placeth righteousnes peace and everlasting life c. Therefore blessed is hee that understandeth and beleeveth And let us learne to magnifie this our libertine purchased by Jesus Christ the sonne of God by whom all things were created both in heaven earth which libertie he hath purchased with no other price then with his own bloud To deliver us not from any bodily or temporall servitude but from a spirituall and everlasting bondage under mightie and invincible Tyrants to wit the Law Sinne Death and the Devill and so to reconcile us to God his Father This libertie then is not given us by the Law or for our righteousnes but freely for Christs sake Therefore according to the Apostle Galath 5.1 Stand fast in that libertie wherein Christ hath made you free And in the 8. of John 36. If the Sonne shall make you free ye shall be free indeed And Christ himselfe Math. 9.2 saith Be of good comfort my sonne thy sinnes are forgiven thee Wherefore it is impossible for the Iusticiaries which seeke to winne heaven life and salvation by workes and merits to know what the liberty and deliverance from sinne is And Gal. 5.2 Saint Paul saith Be not intangled againe with the yoke of Bondage where the Apostle seemeth to compare those who seeke righteousnes by the Law to Oxen For like as Oxen draw in the yoke with great toile and receive nothing thereby but forrage or pasture and when they bee able to draw the yoke no more are appointed to the slaughter Even so they that seek Righteousnes by the Law are Captives and oppressed with the yoke of bondage that is to say with the Law and when they have tired themselves a long time in the works of the Law with great and greivous toyle in the end this is their reward that they are miserable and perpetuall servants of sinne death Gods wrath and the Devill For the confidence and righteousnes of workes are nothing but maketh Christ unprofitable The Devill being the father of lying and the Enemy of Christian libertie wherein Christ hath made us free But J know Christ to be profitable unto me therefore I will not make him unprofitable which I should doe if either I should presume to purchase my selfe favor and everlasting life by my good workes or should despaire because of my sinnes For it is impossible that Christ and the Law should dwell together in one heart for either the Law or Christ must give place And to have this perswasion that it is Christ alone that iustifieth me both against my evill deeds and without my good workes is to lay hold of the true Christ But if I think that he exacteth the Law and workes of me to Salvation then he becommeth unprofitable to me and I am utterly seperated from