Martin Luther On The Bondage Of The Will Written In Answer To The Diatribe Of Erasmus On Free Will First Pub In The Year Of Our Lord 1525 PDF Download

Excerpt from Martin Luther on the Bondage of the Will: Written in Answer to the Diatribe of Erasmus on Free-Will And moreover, I speak concerning the asserting of those things, which are delivered to us from above in the holy scriptures. Were it not so, we should want neither Erasmus nor any other instructor to teach us, that, in things doubtful, useless, or unne cessary; assertions, contentions, and strivings, would be not only absurd, but impious: and Paul condemns such in more places than one. Nor do you, I believe, speak of these things, unless, as a ridiculous orator, you wish to take up one subject, and go on with another, as the Roman Emperor did with his Turbot; or, with the madness of a wicked writer, you wish.to contend, that the article concerning Free-will is doubtful, or not necessary. Be sceptics and academics far from us Chris tians; but be there with us assertors twofold more determined. Than the stoics themselves. How often does the apostle Paul require that assurance of faith; that is, that most certain, and most firm assertion of Conscience, calling it, Rom. X., confession, Withthe mouth confession is made unto salvation? And Christ also saith, Whosoever confesseth me before men, hinwill I confess Mrs my Father Peter commands as to give a reason of the hope that Is in us. But why should I dwell upon this; nothing is more. Known and more general among Christians than assertions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.