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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....

but much more those who think they are righteous and holy because of their works and their own righteousness. It addresses all human beings alike, excluding no one, whether Pharisee, scribe, priest, Levite, etc., pope, cardinal, bishop, monk, priest, clergy or laity, etc., saying that they must repent and know that all their deeds and life before God are of no avail—indeed, are nothing but sin—and that they must change. From this it is easy to understand that it cannot be called real repentance if
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