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despite of God . But he sits above in heaven , and laughs them to scorn . If / said Luther , * God would be pleased to give me a little time , that I might expound a couple of small Psalms , I would bestir myself so boldly , that ( Sampson-like ) I would take all the Papists away with me /—p . 28 .
' I , ' said Luther , * have now angered the Pope about his images and idolatry . O how the sow raiseth her bristles ! I have a great advantage against him : for the Lord saith unto my Lord , Sit thou on my right hand , until I make thine enemies thy footstool . He saith also , I will raise you up at the last day ; and then he will call and say , Ho ! Martin Luther , Philip Melancthon , John Calvin , &c , arise , come up ; and God will call us by our names , as our Saviour Christ , in St . John ' s Gospel , Et vocat eos nominatim . Well , on , ' said Luther , * let us be of good comfort . '—p . 30 .
* I intended many times , said Luther , ' well and thoroughly to search and find out the Ten Commandments : but when I began at the first words , I am the Lord thy God , there stuck I fast ; the very first word , I , brought me to a nonplus . Therefore , he [ that hath but one only word of God to his text , and out of that one cannot make a sermon , will never be a good preacher . I am content , ' said Luther , * that I know , though but a little , what God ' s word is ; and take great heed that I murmur not at such my small knowledge , which God hath
given me . * I have grounded my preaching upon the literal word : whoso pleaseth may follow me ; he that will not , may choose . I challenge St . Peter , St . Paul , Moses , and all the saints , who were not able , fundamentally , to understand one only word of God , on which they had not continually to learn ; for the Psalm saith , Sapientite ejus non est numcrus ; his wisdom and understanding is infinite . True it is , the
saints do know God ' s word , and they can speak thereof , but the practice will not follow ; therein we are , and remain always scholars . * The school divines , ' said Luther , ' gave a fine comparison touching the same . " It is therewith , " say they , u as with a sphere or round globe , which lying on a table toucheth upon it but with one point ; while , notwithstanding , the table supporteth the globe wholly and altogether . " I , ' said Luther , ' am an old doctor of divinity ; yet to
this day I am not come out of the children ' s learning ; that is , the Ten Commandments , the Creed , and the Lord's Prayer . I confess seriously , that I understand them not yet as well as I should : for if I rightly understood , and did believe only these few words—Our Father which art in Heaven ; that God who made heaven and earth , and created all creatures , and hath all things in his hand and power ,
were my father , then , should I certainly conclude with myself , that I am , in a manner , a lord of heaven and earth ; that Christ is my brother ; that Gabriel is my servant , and Raphael my coachman ; that all the angels in my necessities are my attendants ; for they are given unto me of my Heavenly Father to keep me in all my ways ; in short , it must needs follow that everything is mine * . But to the end our faith maybe exercised and confirmed , our Heavenly Father euflfereth
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02 Critical Notices . —Miscellaneous .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1832, page 62, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1804/page/62/
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