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Let all the 'free-will' in the world do all it can with all its strength; it will never give rise to a single instance of ability to avoid being hardened if God does not give the Spirit, or of meriting mercy if it is left to its own strength.
On the Bondage of the Will (1525)
The true Gospel has it that we are justified by faith alone, without the deeds of the Law.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (1535)
What defects women have, we must check them for in private, gently by word of mouth, for woman is a frail vessel.
Table Talk (1569)
To turn one's eyes away from Jesus means to turn them to the Law.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (1535)
For in the true nature of things,
if we rightly consider,
every green tree is far more glorious
than if it were made of gold and silver.
Faith ever says, "If Thou wilt," not "If Thou canst."
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
And I myself, in Rome, heard it said openly in the streets, “If there is a hell, then Rome is built on it.” That is, “After the devil himself, there is no worse folk than the pope and his followers.”
As yet I am still uncertain as to some points, and would have gone into others more particularly, leaving some out entirely, had I foreseen all this.
His Mohammed, as has been said, commands that ruling is to be done by the sword, and in his Koran the sword is the commonest and noblest work. Thus the Turk is, in truth, nothing but a murderer or highwayman, as his deeds show before men’s eyes.
On War against the Turk (1529)
I would take to be quite a fool any man who would make a book full of laws and statutes for an apple tree telling it how to bear apples and not thorns, when the tree is able by its own nature to do this better than the man with all his books can describe and demand.
Temporal Authority: To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed (1523)
When you see a person squirming in the clutches of the Law, say to him: “Brother, get things straight. You let the Law talk to your conscience. Make it talk to your flesh.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (1535)
If a woman becomes weary and at last dead from bearing, that matters not; let her only die from bearing, she is there to do it.
Sermon Von dem ehelichen Stande (1519)
Mother love is stronger than the filth and scabbiness on a child, and so the love of God toward us is stronger than the dirt that clings to us.
Table Talk (1569)
Let us not flutter too high, but remain by the manger and the swaddling clothes of Christ, in whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Table Talk (1569)
To say that the cross emblazoned with the papal coat of arms, and set up by the indulgence preachers, is equal in worth to the cross of Christ is blasphemy.
Ninety-five Theses (1517)
Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the way of the Sacramentarians, nor sat in the seat of the Zwinglians, nor followed the Council of the Zurichers.
An armed insurrection ... would hinder and bring into disrepute this spiritual insurrection.
A Sincere Admonition to All Christians to Guard Against Insurrection and Rebellion (1522)
Leave the ass burdened with laws behind in the valley. But your conscience, let it ascend with Isaac into the mountain.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (1535)
The Law continues to exist and to function. But it no longer exists for me.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (1535)
By God's grace, I know Satan very well. If Satan can turn God's Word upside down and pervert the Scriptures, what will he do with my words -- or the words of others?