Luther, Thirty-Four Sermons, 1767

THIRTY-FOUR SERMONS ON THE Most interesting Doctrines of the Gospel, DISCOVERING Clearly and evidently to every Capacity, The Difference betwixt Faith and Works, Law and Gospel, the Christian and Creature Operations, Troubles and Consolations, and the best way to make Christians, keep them so, and in case of Re-lapses to recover them again by Christ, the only Cure of all Soul Maladies. BY THAT Eminent and great Reformer from Popery, MARTIN LUTHER To which is prefix'd, A brief Account of the AUTHOR'S LIFE AND A VIEW of his gracious Spirit. GLASGOW: Printed by JOHN BRYCE, and sold by him at his Shopthe SALT-MARKET. 1767.
 
New brown half leather with red marbled paper over boards. Red title label and raised bands on spine. External hinges strong, internally front gutter behind title cracked. New end papers. Fore-edge of i – xx, and 515-518, and last 10 unnumbered pages a bit ragged, encroaching on text of title page, with paper repair involving one letter. Sparse pencil underlining and neat penciled marginalia. Else clean and tight. Pages a bit toned.
 
Martin Luther (1483-1546) was the man most directly responsible for the Protestant Reformation. He was born in Eisleben and his father owned a mining operation. In 1501 he began his studied toward becoming a lawyer, but in 1505 made a vow to become a monk. He was awarded a doctorate in theology in 1512 and then accepted a professorial post. In 1514 he was appointed preacher in Wittenberg. On the 31st of October 1517 he famously nailed his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg castle church (or, so claimed Phillip Melanchthon after Luther’s death. Alternatively, maybe Luther just mailed them to Archbishop Albert of Mainz). Luther’s written corpus is immense, and his sermons have remained in print for centuries. (Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation)
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