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This volume contains a selection of Luther’s preaching from between January 1539 and his death in 1546. Aware of his own mortality and deeply committed to the proclamation of the Gospel in the last days of the world, Luther preached during these years with a special sense of urgency, seeking to make a final confession and testament of his teaching and to issue a public rejection of its opponents....

SERMON ON THE THURSDAY AFTER EASTER SINCE we have gathered on the occasion of a holy Baptism, we, too, would like to ring a peal for it—to say something, to the glory of God and for our edification, about this holy sacrament and to take up the third chapter of Matthew on the Baptism of John and Christ [Matt. 3:1–17].7 That is the text that should be preached and diligently held up before the Christian people and impressed upon them, to teach and give instruction about whence Baptism comes and who
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