Treatise on Good Works (Biblia.com)

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Luther’s transformational idea of justification by faith alone was often misunderstood and misrepresented in the early years of the Reformation. In 1520, with his Wittenberg congregation in mind, Luther set out to clarify the biblical foundation of good works. In doing so he recast the very definitions of “sacred” and “secular” both for his own generation and ours.

shed tears over it, even St. Paul: “I find within me, that is, in my flesh, nothing good.”271 2. If the work of chastity is to endure, it must incite us to many other good works: fasting and moderation to protect against gluttony and drunkenness, alertness and early rising against laziness and oversleeping, labor and effort against idleness. Gluttony, drinking to excess, sleeping late, lying around, and idleness are weapons of unchastity that can quickly overcome chasteness. Fasting, staying awake,

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