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The Diuinity is threefold (saith Luther) or of three kinds, as there are three persons, vpon which words Zuinglius inferrs against him the same that we now doe, to wit, that he makes three natures in the Diuinity, and three Gods. Zuinglius. part. 2. fol. 474.

This word Trinity, is but a humane inuention & soundeth very coldly. Luth. postill. maiore Basil. apud Heruag. enarr. Euang. dom. Trinit.

My soule hateth Homousion, and the Arians did very wel in expelling it, least so prophane & new a word should be vsed in the articles of faith. Luth. l. Cont. Latom. tom. 2. Wit. imp. an. 1551.

See hereafter. XII. 10.

How can Christ be said (saith Zuinglius to Luther) to be made of a woman, if as thou affirmest he was from al eternitie, according also to his humane nature. Zuingl. part. 2. fol. 402.

Thou makest (saith the same Zuinglius to Luther) contrarie to al truth, the humanity of Christ a certain naked and mere Spirit, because he was conceiued by the holy Ghost, though thou performe it with mad and Marcion-like reasons. Zuingl. ibid. fol. 411.

Al the Prophets foresaw this in spirit, that Christ was to be of al men the greatest Robber, Homicide, Adulterer, Thief, Sacrilegious person, Blasphemer &c. For he being made a sacrifice for the person, & without sinnes, not the Sonne of God borne of the virgin Mary, but a sinner &c. Luth. tom. 5. Epist. ad Galat. see him also in Psal. 22.

Christ vpon the Crosse suffered great feare, and the horrour of a troubled conscience, and tasting the eternal wrath. Luth. in Psal. 22. tom. 3. fol. 330.

Christ as he dyed with great paine, so he seemes to haue sustained paines also in hel after death. Luther tom. 3. fol. 279.

If the Diuinitie did not suffer in Christ, he were not my Christ. See Zuingl. tom. 2. f. 458. & Hospin. hist. Sacram. part. 2. fol. 76. and Luther himself. lib. de Concil. part. 2.

When I belieue that only the humane nature suffered for me, Christ is a Sauiour of a vile and smal account, yea he himself needeth also another Sauiour. Luth. confess. ma. de cœna. tom. 3. Ien. fol. 454. See Zuingl. tom. 2. fol. 458. and Hospin. vbi supra, fol. 3. 76. 172.

Luther held (saith Hospinian) that the body and bloud of Christ both is and may be found according to the substance, not only in the bread and wine of the Eucharist, but also in the harts of the faithful, yea in al creatures, in fyer, water, & in the halter or rope wherewith desperate persons hang themselues. Hospin. vbi supra. f. 44.

Luther auerreth of Ecclesiastes, that it hath neuer a perfect sentence, and that the Authour therof had neither boots nor spurres, but rid vpon a long stick, or in begging shoes as he did when he was a Fryar. Luther. conuiual. serm. tit. de lib. noui. & vet. Testam. Rabenstock. lib, 2. colloq. lat. Luth. c. de vet. Test.

Of Iob (Luther saith) that the argument therof is a mere fiction, inuented only for the setting downe of a true and liuely example of patience. Luth. Ser. conuiual. tit. vt supra, & tit. de Patriarch. & Prophet.

It is a false opinion and to be abolished, that there are foure Ghospels; for the Ghospel of Iohn is the only fayre, true, and principal Ghospel. Luth. præfat. in nou. Test. & lib. de script. & Eccles. auth. c 3.

The Epistle of Iames is contentious, swelling, dry, strawy, and vnworthy an Apostolical spirit. Luth. præf in Epist. Iac. edit. Ienensi.

Doctour Martin Luther (saith Bullenger) hath as it were sticked this book by as sharp preface, Bulleng. on the Apoc. Englished. c. 1. Ser. 1. fol. 2.

Moyses had deep, vnpleasant, stopped and angry lippes, in which the word of grace is not, but of wrath, death, and sinne &c. they were ful of wrath and gal. Luth. tom. 3. Witt. fol. 423. See likewise fol. 421. 422. where he calles him a Goaler, Executioner, and a cruel Sargeant.

See hereafter. XXX. 2.

We constantly say, that euen in praying a Iust man sinneth Luth. ser. de Ascens. Domini.

A good worke done euen after the best manner, is a venial sinne. tom. 2. Wit. fol. 110.

The ten Commandments belong not to vs, for God did not lead vs, but the Iewes forth of Ægypt. Luth. ser. de Mose. See epist. ad Galat. c.4. & cap. 20. Exod.

The chiefe art and wisdome of Christians, is, not to know the law, to be ignorant of works, and of al actiue Iustice, especially when their conscience striues with the iudgement of God. Luth. tom. 5. fol. 272.

Faith, vnlesse it be without euen the least good works, doth not iustifie; nay it is no faith. See Luth. cited and condemned for this saying by M. Couel. def. of M. Hooker pag. 42.

A Christian or baptized person is so rich, that although he would, he cannot loose his saluation by any sinne, how great soeuer, vnlesse he wil not belieue. Luth. 2. tom. fol. 74.

As nothing iustifyeth but faith, so nothing sinneth but vnbelief. Luth. loc. com. class. 5. p. 68. See him also part. 2. postil. Germ. Argentor. An. 1537. fol. 140.

We are equal in dignitie and honour to S. Paul, Peter, the B. Virgin Mother of God, and al Saints. Luth. tom. 5. Witt. fol. 442.

Al their holines consists in that they haue prayed and fasted much, endured great labours, chastized their bodies, liu'd hard, & vsed an austere kind of habit; al their holines a dog or a hog may daily performe. Luth. præf. in Alex. lib. de Eccles.

In absence of the Priest, a boy or a woman, yea any Christian can absolue. Luth. tom. 2. fol. 103.

They onely communicate worthily, who haue sad, afflicted, disturbed, confused, and erroneous consciences. Ibid. fol. 73.

A Priest, especially in the new Testament, is not made, but borne, not consecrate, but created &c. al Christians are Priests, and al Priests Christians. Ibid. fol. 367.

The first office of a Priest is to preach the word &c. but this is common to al, next it is to baptize, and this also may al doe, euen woemen &c. the third is to consecrate bread and wine, but this also is common to al, no lesse then Priest-hood; and this I auouch by the Authoritie of Christ himself &c. Luth. ibid. fol. 368. 369. vid. de abrog. Missæ. fol. 249. & capt. Babyl. c. de ord. item Hospin. hist. Sacram. part. 1. p. 22. fol. 14.

Luther (saith Hospinian) proceeded so farre as to say, that the Sacrament were true, though it were administred by the Diuel. Hist. Sacram. part. 2. fol. 14. See Couel. def. of Hook p. 101.

Among Christians no man can or ought to be Magistrate, but each one is to other equally subiect &c. among Christian men none is Superiour saue one, and only Christ. Luth. tom. 6. Germ. de sæcul. potest. Vide Luth. c. 2. Cæs. mand. An. 1524.

Luther counsel's the husbād in case his wife refuse his bed, to say to her: If thou wil't not another wil, if the Mistresse wil not, let the Maid come. Luth. tom. 5. fol. 123.

The Magistrats duty is to bridle such a wife, & to put her to death: this if the magistrate omit, the husband must imagine that his wife is stolen away by thieues and slaine, and consider how to marrie another. Ibid. fol. 123. See also the 111.

We can not stop S. Paul's mouth, nor striue with them who as often as need requires, wil make vse of this doctrine, his words are plaine: that a brother or a sister are free from the law of wedlock, if the one depart or doe not consent to dwel with the other: neither doth he say that this may be done once only, but leaueth it free, that so often as the case shal require, he may either proceed or stay. So that (saith he a litle before) we may haue in this case, ten or more wiues, fled away, and yet liuing. Luth. tom. 5. fol. 112. 113.

The adulterer may flie into another Countrey, & if he cānot containe, marrie againe. Luth. ib. fol. 123.

Poligamie is no more abrogated, then the rest of Moyses law, & it is free, as being neither cōmanded nor forbidden. Luth. propos. de Bigam. Epis. An. 1528. propos. 62. 65. 66. see also in. c. 16. Genes. edit. An. 525.

Nothing is more sweet and louing vpon earth then is the loue of a woman, if a man can obtaine it. Luth. in Prouerb. 31. vers. 10. marg.

He that resolueth to be without a woeman, let him lay aside the name of a man, making himself a plaine Angel or spirit. Luth. tom. 7. Wit. fol. 505.

The scripture sayth that the dead doe sleep. I am of opinion that they are cast into such an vnspeakable and a kind of wonderful sleep, that they feele & see lesse then others who sleep, and when they shal be raysed, they shal not know where they are, nor how they are so sodainly borne againe. Luth. tom. 4. fol. 417. see him also ib. f. 36. 37. & tom. 6. 321. 322.

I permit that the Pope make articles of fayth to those that are his faithful: As bread and wine to be transubstantiated in the Sacrament; The essence of God neither to beget nor to be begotten; The soule to be a substantial forme of the body of man; That himself is the Emperour of the world, & the King of heauen, and an earthly God; The soule to be immortal; & al these infinit monsters contained in the Roman dunghil of decrees, that like as his faith is, such is his Ghospel, such his faithful, and such his Church. Luth. tom. 2. f. 107.

Doctour Martin Luther (sayth Luther himself) wil haue it so, and saith that a Papist and an Asse are directly the same. So is my wil, so I command, let my wil be my reasō &c. And not much after, Luther, saith he againe, wil that it be so, and sayth that he is a Doctour more excellent then al that are in the Papacy. Tom. 5. Germ. fol. from 141. to 144.

I wil haue you to know that I wil not hereafter vouchsafe you the honour, as that I wil suffer, either you, or the very Angels of heauen to iudge of my doctrine &c. nor wil I haue my doctrine iudged by any, no not by the Angels themselues; for I being certaine thereof, wil by it be iudge both of you and the Angels. Luther aduers. falso nomin. Eccl. stat. prope init. See the same words, though somewhat altered, in to. 2. Wit. fol. 306. See also tom. 5 fol. 290. and tom. 2. fol. 333.