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Title: The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained

Author: Martin Luther

Translator: E. H. Gillett

Release Date: August 12, 2009 [EBook #29678]

Language: English

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THE EPISTLES OF ST. PETER AND ST. JUDE PREACHED AND EXPLAINED

BY

MARTIN LUTHER.

Wittemberg, 1523-4.

TRANSLATED, WITH PREFACE AND NOTES,

BY

E. H. GILLETT.

NEW YORK:
ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH,
No. 683 BROADWAY.
1859.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by
E. H. GILLETT,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District
of New York.

EDWARD O. JENKINS,
Printer & Stereotyper,
No. 26 FRANKFORT STREET.

PREFACE BY THE TRANSLATOR.

Several years ago, among the dusty piles of old pamphlets stored away
upon the upper shelves of the Union Theological Seminary library, I
met with several works of Luther, in the original editions, as they
were issued during his lifetime from his press at Wittemberg. Among
them were his Commentaries, or rather Lectures, on the Epistles of
Peter and Jude.[1] The forbidding aspect of the page, with the
obsolete spelling of its words, and its somewhat coarse typography,
was rather an incitement to master it; for here was Luther,
presenting himself to the eye of the reader just as, more than three
hundred years ago, he presented himself to the eyes of thousands of
his countrymen. Upon a partial perusal of the Commentary, I became
satisfied that it would repay a more attentive study; and finding,
upon investigation, that it had never been translated into English, I
set myself to the task which had been so long neglected. The pleasing
labor was accomplished, and the manuscript laid aside for several
years. The conviction, confirmed by a re-perusal of it, that others
besides myself would be interested in the work, has