Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume I)

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TRANSLATOR'S NOTE LUTHER'S PREFACES (C. M. Jacobs) DISPUTATION ON INDULGENCES (1517) Introduction (C. H. Jacobs) Translation (C. M, Jacobs) TREATISE ON BAP...

of which He rebukes the hypocrites; not because the lengthy prayer of the lips is evil, but because it is not that true prayer which can be made at all times, and without the in...

[22] It is the teaching of the Roman Church that a sacrament is effective _ex opere operato_, i. e., simply as a sacrament ordained of God. Intended to guard against the idea th...

I do not now speak of the eternal blessings of Heaven, which the blessed enjoy in the perfect vision of God; or father, I do speak of them in faith, and in so far as they some w...

persons of the wicked? Judge the matter of the poor and fatherless, demand justice for the poor and needy; deliver the poor and rid the forsaken out of the hand of the wicked."...

Those who are not Christians will find small comfort, amid their evils, in the contemplation of future blessings; since for them all these things are uncertain. Although much ad...

Who can recount only those blessings which every one hath in his own person? How great are, first, the gifts and endowments of the body; such as beauty, strength, health, and th...

On out right hand are our friends, in the contemplation of whose evils out own will grow light, as St. Peter teaches, I. Peter v, "Resist the devil, steadfast in the faith, know...

Serpent, a type of Christ Servants, duties of Severinus Shame mother of glory motive to avoid evil Seal, the sacrament a Sheba, Queen of Signs, given by God of the sacrament Sil...

Here are our adversaries who are yet in this life; for in the foregoing image we considered those who are already damned and given over to devils. These we must regard with othe...

Finally, let us lift up our hearts, and ascend with the Bride into the mountain of myrrh. [Song of Sol. 4:6] This is Jesus Christ the Crucified, Head of all saints, and Prince o...

This is the Church of the saints, the new creation of God, our brethren and our friends, in whom we see naught but blessing, naught but consolation; not, indeed, always with the...

The consideration of this image is not difficult, in view of its counterpart, of the past evils;[52] we would, however, aid him who undertakes it. Here St. Augustine shows himse...

It will tend in no small degree to lighten any present evil if a man turn his mind to the evils to come. These are so many, so diverse, and so great, that out of them has arisen...

Here we must set before our eyes the whole multitude of our adversaries and wicked men, and consider, first, how many evils they would have inflicted on our bodies, our property...

Thus far we have considered the blessings which are ours, and are found within ourselves; let us now turn to those blessings that are without us, and are found in others. The fi...

This is most certain and true--we may believe it or not--that no suffering in a man's experience, be it never so severe, can be the greatest of the evils that are within him. So...

In this image, above all others, the sweet mercy of God our Father shines forth, able to comfort us in every distress. For never does a man feel the hand of God more closely upo...

Hitherto we have seen, in all the evils that we endure, naught but the goodness of God, which is so great and so near that of all the countless evils with which we are surrounde...

The second part also consists of seven images, answering to the first; the first representing the internal blessing, the second the future blessing, the third the past blessing,...