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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther: without your authority; who babble of your having power over
heaven, hell, and purgatory. These men are your enemies and are
seeking your soul to destroy it, as Isaiah says, "My people, they
that call thee blessed are themselves deceiving thee." They are
in error who raise you above councils and the universal Church;
they are in error who attribute to you alone the right of
interpreting Scripture. All these men are seeking to set up their
own impieties in the Church under your name, and alas! Satan has
gained much through them in the time of your predecessors.
In brief, trust not in any who exalt you, but in those who
humiliate you. For this is the judgment of God: "He hath cast
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