On The Jews And Their Lies
Part 1
Translated by Martin H. Bertram
I had made up my mind to write no more either about the Jews or
against them. But since I learned that those miserable and accursed people
do not cease to lure to themselves even us, that is, the Christians, I have
published this little book, so that I might be found among those who
opposed such poisonous activities of the Jews and who warned the Christians
to be on their guard against them. I would not have believed that a
Christian could be duped by the Jews into taking their exile and
wretchedness upon himself. However, the devil is the god of the world, and
wherever God's word is absent he has an easy task, not only with the weak
but also ...
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the Jews, nor to learn from them how they interpret or understand
Scripture; I know all of that very well already. Much less do I propose to
convert the Jews, for that is impossible. Those two excellent men, Lyra and
Burgensis, together with others, truthfully described the Jews' vile
interpretation for us two hundred and one hundred years ago respectively.
Indeed they refuted it thoroughly. However, this was no help at all to the
Jews, and they have grown steadily worse.
They have failed to learn any lesson from the terrible distress
that has been theirs for over fourteen hundred years in exile. Nor can they
obtain any end or definite terminus of this, as they suppose, by means of
the vehement cries and laments to God. If these blows do not help, it is
resonable to assume that our talking and explaining will help even less.
Therefore a Christian should be content and not argue with the Jews.
But if you have to or want to talk with them, do not say any more ...
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us.
If there were but a spark of reason or understanding in them, they
would surely say to themselves: "O Lord God, something has gone wrong with
us. Our misery is too great, too long, too severe; God has forgotten us!"
etc. To be sure, I am not a Jew, but I really do not like to contemplate
God's awful wrath toward this people. It sends a shudder of fear through
body and soul, for I ask, What will the eternal wrath of God in hell be
like toward false Christians and all unbelievers? Well, let the Jews regard
our Lord Jesus as they will. We behold the fulfillment of the words spoken
by him in Luke 21:20: "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies,
then know that its ...
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