Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . ble services rendered the truth in otherdirections. In its clear statements as to the free-dom of the will in external things, and its denial ofthe irresistibility of the divine grace that convertsman, as well as in its teaching that it is not byGods will that man sins and is lost, it is far removedfrom fatalistic error. But it cannot be denied thatnot all of its teachings are entirely consistent in thisrespect. In the endeavour to affirm, with thegreatest emphasis, that when man is saved he oweseverything to divi
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . ble services rendered the truth in otherdirections. In its clear statements as to the free-dom of the will in external things, and its denial ofthe irresistibility of the divine grace that convertsman, as well as in its teaching that it is not byGods will that man sins and is lost, it is far removedfrom fatalistic error. But it cannot be denied thatnot all of its teachings are entirely consistent in thisrespect. In the endeavour to affirm, with thegreatest emphasis, that when man is saved he oweseverything to divine grace, statements are madethat succeeding theologians have found it necessaryto qualify. The overpowering influence of Augus- 1 Op. var. arg., vii., 113 sqq. 250 Martin Luther [1525 tine determined probably more than one passage,where in the haste of composition he reiterates thephrases of his master concerning matters that he hasnot as yet thoroughly solved in his own mind. Inthis treatise, Luther attempts to meet Erasmu? ena philosophical rather than a theological JOHN FREDERICK OF SAXONY. CHAPTER IV THE PEASANTS WAR IN the midst of this controversy one of far widerinterest was claiming attention. Between Carl-stadt, Muenzer, and the Peasants War there is aclose connection. They stand for different stagesof revolutionary fanaticism. The influence of Carlstadt at Wittenberg hadbeen thoroughly broken by Luthers return fromthe Wartburg. Sullenly he acquiesced in the orderestablished, and continued his lectures in the Uni-versity, with noticeable lack of interest in his work,though receiving from his colleagues every mark ofconsideration. Having depreciated the importanceof theological science, he was in a false position asprofessor of theology. His pen was busy with thepreparation of books of a mystical type, inculcatingthe necessity of the union of the soul with God, anddepreciating the importance of the knowledge ofthe letter of Scripture. Renouncing the title of 25
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