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As when my little son John offendeth: if then I should not whip him, but call him to the table unto me, and give him sugar and plums, thereby, I should make him worse, yea should quite spoil him.
Martin Luther
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Great thieves go Scott-free, as the Pope and his crew.
Martin Luther
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God does not give grace freely in the sense that He will demand no satisfaction, but He gave Christ to be the satisfaction for us.
Martin Luther
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Works indeed are good, and God strictly requires them of us, but they do not make us holy.
Martin Luther
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Singing has nothing to do with the affairs of this world: it is not for the law. Singers are merry, and free from sorrows and cares.
Martin Luther
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We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
Martin Luther
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God does not work salvation for fictitious sinners. Be a sinner and sin vigorously... Do not for a moment imagine that this life is the abiding place of justice; sin must be committed.
Martin Luther
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This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.
Martin Luther
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A gospel that doesn't deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.
Martin Luther
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It is God who creates, effects, and preserves all things through his almighty.
Martin Luther
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Now just behold these miserable, blind, and senseless people.
Martin Luther
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The Holy Spirit has a way of His own to say much in few words.
Martin Luther
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Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a law.
Martin Luther
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Godly people are waiting for the Lord; therefore they live, therefore they are saved, therefore they receive what has been promised.
Martin Luther
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Marriage is a civic matter. It is really not, together with all its circumstances, the business of the church.
Martin Luther
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The fruit does not make the tree good or bad but the tree itself is what determines the nature of the fruit. In the same way, a person first must be good or bad before doing a good or bad work.
Martin Luther
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Your thoughts of God are too human.
Martin Luther
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Christ wants to slay reason and subdue the arrogance of the Jews.
Martin Luther
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No great saint lived without errors.
Martin Luther
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If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright.
Martin Luther
