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A06512	A methodicall preface prefixed before the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes very necessary and profitable for the better vnderstandyng of it / made by the right reuerend father and faythfull seruant of Christ Iesus, Martin Luther ; nowe newly translated out of Latin into English, by W.W. ...	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; W. W.	1594 (1594)	STC 16985; ESTC S1353	22,201	55

¶ A Methodicall Preface prefixed before the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes very necessary and profitable for the better vnderstandyng of it Made by the right reuerend Father and faythfull seruaunt of Christ Iesus Martin Luther nowe newly translated out of Latin into English by W.W. student Can there any good thyng come out of Nazareth Come and see Iohn 1.46 Imprinted at London for Thomas Woodcocke dwellyng in Paules Churchyard at the Signe of the blacke Beare To the English Christian Reader W. W. wisheth grace mercy and peace with a true and liuely knowledge of our onely Lorde and omnisufficient Saueour and Redeemer Christ Iesus I Doo offer and present vnto thee gentle Reader here published in Print this litle treatise Aristotle say●… that a good thyng the more comm●… it is made the better it is first written by that famous and godly learned Doctor in Christes Schoole Martin Luther in the Germane or Duche tongue for his owne Countreymen afterwards translated into Latine by a learned man named Iustus Ionas that it might be common to moe then it was before now also though plainly yet faithfully turned into Englishe for the benefite and commoditie of this our Israell by one most studiously carefull The vse of this Preface and zelously desirous of thy profite This excellent Preface wyll leade thee as a Lanterne of light to the better vnderstanding of that most precious most fruitfull and profitable Epistle of S. Paul to the Romanes which when thou canst well and wisely vnderstand first it wyll make thee ready armed well furnished and instructed to withstand and answeare all the popish Romanistes Cods greatest aduersaries and enemies to his Gospell who stoutly mainteyne and defend that mans woorkes doo merite and deserue saluation and so present vs iust and righteous before God Secondly it wyll teache thee a Christian life and conuersation namely howe thou oughtest to bring foorth the woorthy fruites of Fayth which alone doth iustifie vs before God because it is as it were the hand wherby we apprehend and take hold fast of the merits of Christes blessed Passion to be ours Other branches of doctrine and manners there be in that notable Epistle good store Vse and peruse this prologue and then it willighten thine vnderstanding very much in this weighty matter of our saluatiō in this chiefe and principal poynt of Christian religion This high myterie of our saluation dou●…ed of and de●●…ed by the Papistes to wyt whether we be iustified by the workes of the Law or by the mercy of God only for the mediation of his sonne who was made a slaine sacrifice vpō the Crosse for vs most wretched and miserable sinners After that thou doest fully and perfitly attaine to the true meanyng of it I doubt not but thou wilt by the helpe of Gods holy spirite woorking mightily in thee perseuere and continue faithful vnto the ende in this doctrine of faith taught here by the Apostle Only be strong in the Lord 1. Timoth. 1.19 fight a good fight keeping faith and a good conscience then surely this godly doctrine wyll prepare thy hart in a strong defence that the fierie dartes of the Dyuels Ministers by errours and falshood shal not wounde thee Wherfore gentle Reader vse this Introduction to thy comfort and commoditie Reade and regard it and geue God the glorye who be praysed for euer and euer Amen Farewel in the Lord and pray for me as I dayly doo for thee EPHES. 2. VERS 8. 9. ¶ By grace are yee saued through fayth and that not of your selues For it is the gyfte of God and commeth not of woorkes least any man shoulde boast hym selfe A Methodicall Preface prefixed before the Epistle of S. Paul to the Romanes written by Martin Luther and Englished by W. W. SEing that this Epistle of S. Paul writtē vnto the Romans is the Methode of the whole Scripture and the most absolute Epitome or Abridgement of the new Testamēt that is of the Gospell which verily alone it doth briefly most purely set out vnto vs I account it woorthy not only of all Christians to be knowen from their childhood yea and learned without the booke The excellencie of this Epistle word by word but also being by dayly and continual meditation as it were chewed and concocted euen as wel digested meat to descend and enter into our innermost bowels This Epistle is such a riche treasurie of spirituall wealth and as it were a most plentifull Copiae Cornu that he that readeth it a thousand tymes shall alwayes meete with some new thing not perceyued before In so much that the reading of this Epistle is most profitable of all other because it dooth as it were ascende higher in the doctrine of holy things in the knowledge of Christ in learning the nature of fayth in the knowledge of all spirituall affections yea the more it is handled the greater it groweth more pleasaunt and delightful more precious and plenteous it showeth and seemeth then before Wherfore I thought it labour wel bestowed if accordyng to that measure of grace which I haue receyued of God I might put to my helping hand and by this briefe Preface prepare an enery into it to the end that it might more easily and playnly be read vnderstood of all Chiefely knowing that this Epistle which one alone ought to be accounted the Index and Methode of all the Scriptures hath ben so obscured and darkened by certayn mens foolish Commentaries Gloses and vayne subtilties that very fewe Writers in many ages past haue perceyued the drift scope meaning and intention of the Apostle which notwithstanding of it selfe is most easy and playne First of all we must diligently search out and labour to knowe the nature of woordes and figuratiue speaches which the Apostle vseth And before all thyngs we must learne to know what S. Paule meaneth by these and such lyke woords The Lawe Sinne Grace Marke these woordes Fayth Righteousnesse Fleshe Spirit c. Otherwise though thou reade diligently thou loosest all thy labour This word Lawe 1. ●awe what it 〈◊〉 and how it 〈◊〉 to be vn●erstoode must not here be taken after the vsual maner of the Philosophers or accordyng to common reason namely to be defined a Doctrine which teacheth men what to doo and what to leaue vndone For humane or mans lawes are satisfyed if a man doo the externall and outwarde worke onely though in his hart he doo it vnwillyngly But God seeing he knoweth the hart iudgeth according to the secret and internall motions of the hart Therfore the Law of God requireth the hart affections or intētions therof neyther is it satisfyed by the externall deede dooyng vnles they be done with a chearfull hart willingly and with all thy affection Insomuch as it dooth reproue and rebuke nothing so vehemētly Pharisaicall woorkes as those glorious and fained works that is Hypocrisie Lying and the deceyt of the hart Hereupon

them al as from the plague and pestilence But now set vs come to handle the Epistle it selfe Seeing therefore it is the duetie and office of an Euangelist or preacher of glad tydings 〈◊〉 godly in●●●uction for ●eaders first of all to preach the Lawe and to shewe how that all men which are without the circuite and compasse of grace and fayth in Christ are the sons and children of wrath are sinners and can do nothing but sinne that so they acknowledging theyr miserye and wretchednes with an humble and contrite hart myght thirst after grace the Apostle S. Paule in this first Chapter dooth first of all finde fault with the vnbeleefe Chap 1 and checketh and rebuketh those grosse sinnes which aptly and playnly were knowen to be manifest offences The maner of S. Paules doctrine as were the Idolatry and such grosse sinnes of the Gentiles as also are of those mē which at this day being ignorant of God voyde of grace and without the Spirit doo lyue in blyndnes and darkenes The wrath of God is reuealed by the Gospell sayth the Apostle from heauen agaynst all vngodlines and vnrighteousnes of men which withholde the truth in vnrighteousnes For though man myght knowe by the Creatures that there was a God yet notwithstanding his nature is euil and wicked insomuch that it dooth not glorify hym nor geue hym thankes but being blynded dooth alwayes geue ouer it selfe to worse and worse vntill they doo not only commit idolatry and all kynde of wickednes but also fauour them that do them and geue their consent and agreement to those which commit such things In the second Chap. he doth more at large shew that euē those little holy ones Chap. 2 The Iewes ●…yll or woorse sinners than the Gentiles and those glorious hypocrites as namely the Iewes then and now in these dayes all the Iusticiaryes which go about by their owne strength and power to fulfill the lawe are also sinners who dooing outwardly the good workes of the lawe notwithstanding inwardly nourishing that greife of their hart doo hate the lawe And these as ryght hypocrites commonly vse to doo are very quicke to condemne and iudge other men counting themselues holy and pure when as they are full of malice and enuy fraude deceyte and all kynde of fylthines and vncleannes as Christ sayth Math. 23. And these are they which fayning themselues holy contemne and despise in very deed the great goodnes of God and accordyng to the hardnes of theyr hartes heape and treasure vp vnto them selues wrath agaynst the day of wrath Paul therfore as a true Euangelist fyrst of all preacheth the Law 〈◊〉 are sinners conclucludyng all men alyke to be synners and denouncyng to all the wrath of God Wherefore they whiche marke well by the power of theyr owne nature or free wyll are so farre from beyng any better than those grosse and open sinners mentioned in the fyrst Chapter that the Apostle calleth them obstinate stubborne men that cannot repent aliantes and straungers In the thirde Chapter he declareth that both the Iewes the Gentiles are alyke sinners before God Chap. 3 Difference betwixt Iewe and Gentile notwithstanding that the Iewes are preferred and excell the Gentiles in this prerogatiue namely for that the promises of God did belong to them and also for that the words and Oracles of God were committed vnto them And thoughe some of the Iewes did not beleue yet for all that their vnbeliefe made not the faithful truth of Gods promise vayne voyde or without effect and to proue this he allegeth that place of the. 51. Psalme as it is written sayeth he That thou mightest be iustified in thy woords and ouercome when thou art iudged After thys he returneth agayn to his cause and purpose and proueth by the Scriptures that al are equally sinners without any exception and that no man is iustified by the woorkes of the lawe but that onely by the lawe commeth the knoweledge of sinne Finally he teacheth the true and right waye of righteousnes and saluation All sayeth he haue sinned The hye way to righteous●nes is by fait● in Christ and are destitute and depriued of the glory of God but they are iustified freely by his grace thorough the redemption that is in Christ Iesus whom God hath set forth to be a reconciliatiō through fayth in his blood And a little before But now sayth he is the righteousnes of God made manifest without the law being approued by the Testimony witnes of the lawe and the Prophets to witte the righteousnes of God by the faith of Iesu Christ vnto all vppon all that beleeue So then the lawe is established through fayth althoughe woorks and glorying in the works of the law are excluded by fayth Seeing therfore in the three former Chapters he hath taught that all men are sinners also hath shewed that onely fayth in Christ is the waye vnto righteousnes and meanes to iustification Chap. 4 by by in this fourth Chapter he answeareth to certayne obiections and cauils As for the most part when Christ or fayth is taught that is that our woorkes are nothing that we are onely iustified by fayth streight wayes certayne Iusticiaries obiect If fayth alone dooth iustifie then we must cease altogether to do good works then good woorks are to be omitted and left vndone The Apostle answeareth proposing the example of Abraham What shall wee say then that Abraham our Father hath found concerning the fleshe Did he merite nothing at all by hys woorks He concludeth that Abraham was iustified onely by fayth without any woorks insomuch that the Scripture sayth that Abraham before hee was circumcised beleeued God and it was counted and reputed vnto hym for righteousnes Genesis 15.6 If therfore the woorke of circumcision which God commaunded which was a precious woorke of obedience profited Abraham nothing to iustificaton then it is most sure and certaine that there is none other worke which is auaylable to iustification But as circumcision being an outward signe 〈◊〉 apt simili●…de was vnto Abraham a seale of his righteousnes by faith so good woorks are onely an externall signe whiche doth not iustifie but which doth signifie vnto men that a man is inwardly iustified before God and they doo testifie and approue as certayne signes and fruites that liuely faith which worketh in the hart By this as by the most graue weighty and authentike example the Apostle doth confirme and build out of the Scriptures his doctrine of fayth delyuered out and taught in the third Chapter Furthermore the Apostle allegeth the testimony of Dauid in his 32. Psal to proue this matter Also in most playne woords he affirmeth that a man is iustified by the imputation of righteousnes without woorkes althoughe as I haue sayd before woorkes doo followe those that are iustified by Faith Moreouer he dilateth and amplyfieth the example against all other woorks of the lawe inferring that the Iewes are