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This volume contains a selection of Luther’s preaching between May 1531 and June 1539. In the first few years after the decisive Diet of Augsburg (1530) and the presentation of the Augsburg Confession, Luther grappled with how best to teach the doctrine of justification. Sermons dealing with Christian righteousness and the proper distinction of Law and Gospel show how Luther was gradually...

different, they think it is heresy. I would not venture to say before them that our righteousness is the forgiveness of sins. Rather, [I say] that Christ is above, and I come to Him by faith, and I participate in all of these things, etc. And yet I do not see them, but only have them in hope; what we 〈believe and〉 hope for is what we do not have or see; 〈nevertheless, we have it〉. It is an astonishing thing that we have life and righteousness but do not see or feel it. This is how you can stand firm
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