Martin Luther on the Bondage of the Will: Written in Answer to the Diatribe of Erasmus on Free-willT. Bensley, 1823 - 402 pages |
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... cause . My brethren in Christ press me to it , setting before me the expectation of all ; seeing that the authority of Erasmus is not to be despised , and the truth of the Christian doctrine is endangered in the hearts of many . And ...
... cause . My brethren in Christ press me to it , setting before me the expectation of all ; seeing that the authority of Erasmus is not to be despised , and the truth of the Christian doctrine is endangered in the hearts of many . And ...
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... cause of Free - will handled by all the powers of such and so great talents , and so far from being bettered , left worse than it was before : which leaves an evident proof , that Free - will is a mere lie ; and that , like the woman in ...
... cause of Free - will handled by all the powers of such and so great talents , and so far from being bettered , left worse than it was before : which leaves an evident proof , that Free - will is a mere lie ; and that , like the woman in ...
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... cause and adorn your own . In the first place , I would notice your censuring in me , in all your former books , an obstinacy of assertion ; and saying , in this book , " that you are so far from delighting in assertions , that you ...
... cause and adorn your own . In the first place , I would notice your censuring in me , in all your former books , an obstinacy of assertion ; and saying , in this book , " that you are so far from delighting in assertions , that you ...
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... cause ? Sect . II.Bur what will you say to these your de- clarations , when , be it remembered , they are not con- fined to Free - will only , but apply to all doctrines in general throughout the world - that , " if it were per- mitted ...
... cause ? Sect . II.Bur what will you say to these your de- clarations , when , be it remembered , they are not con- fined to Free - will only , but apply to all doctrines in general throughout the world - that , " if it were per- mitted ...
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... cause each side to suspend arms , and persuade us to cease from drawing swords about things so absurd and useless . - What I should cut at here , I believe , my friend Erasmus , you know very well . But , as I said before , I will not ...
... cause each side to suspend arms , and persuade us to cease from drawing swords about things so absurd and useless . - What I should cut at here , I believe , my friend Erasmus , you know very well . But , as I said before , I will not ...
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Page 92 - For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 273 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 322 - God, being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus ; whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood...
Page 278 - The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Page 307 - What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; as it is written, " There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 108 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 343 - Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
Page 338 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Page 387 - Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
Page 308 - God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.