Martin Luther, Bondage of The Will
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first, I would run through some of the points in your preface for you make some attempt to prejudice our cause and embellish your own. To start with. I observes it as Alice fear. You censor me for being over bald in making assertions. So here in this book, you say that you find so little satisfaction in assertions that you would readily take up the skeptics position, wherever the inviolable authority of Holy scripture and the Church's decisions permit. So you clearly submit your judgment to these authorities and all that they lay down whether you follow it or not. But that is the outlook which appeals to you, I assume, as in courtesy bound that it is your charitable mind and love of peace that pumps such sentiments there anyone else to express them. Perhaps I should fall on him in my usual way, no order to allow even you well meaning as you are to go astray any longer with such an idea. To take no pleasure and assertions is not the mark of a christian heart. Indeed, one must delight in assertions to be a christian at all. Now, less we be misled by words. Let me say here. That by assertion. I mean, staunchly holding your ground stating your position, confessing it, defending it and persevering in its unveiling fished. I do not think that the term has any other meaning ISA in classical authors or in present their usage. And I am talking about the assertion of what has been delivered to us from above in the sacred scriptures outside that field, we do not need Erasmus or any other teacher to tell us that over matters which are doubtful or unprofitable, and unnecessary assertions and contentions are not merely stupid, but positively impious paul condemns them often enough. But I do not think you are speaking here about those things. Unless like a comic orator, you were intending to take up one subject and then deal with another as the man did, or visitor boat, or unless you are godless and crazy enough to maintain that the article concerning Free Will is doubtful or unnecessary. A very now of his skeptics and academia from the company of us christians, let us have men who will assert meant vices inflexible as very historic. Take the apostle Poll. How often does he call for that full assurance which is simply an assertion of conscious of the highest degree of certainty and conviction In Romans. 10 he calls it confession with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. Verse 10, Christ says, who so ever confess with me before men him will I confess before my father met you 1032. Peter commands us to give a reason for the hope that is in us. First, Peter 3 15. And what need is there of a multitude of proofs? Nothing is more familiar or characteristic among christians than assertion. Takeaway assertions and you take away Christianity by the Holy Spirit is given to christians from heaven in order that he may glorify christ and in them confess him even unto death. And is this not assertion to die for what you confess and assert Again. The speaker desserts to such purpose that he breaks in upon the whole world and convicted of sin, John 16 8 as if challenging it to battle, Paul tells Timothy to Reprove and to be instant out of season. 2nd Timothy for two. In fact a clown, I should think a man to be who did not really believe nor unwaveringly assert those things concerning which he reproved others. I think I should send him to anti syria, but I am the biggest full of all for wasting time onwards on something that is clear to seize and the sun that christian can endure the ideas that we should deprecate assertions that would be denying all religion and piety and one bread asserting that religion and piety and old dogmas are just nothing at all. Why then do you, you assert that you find no satisfaction in assertions and that you prefer an undocked Matic temper to any other