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True, then, are these two sayings: 'Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works'; 'Bad works do not make a bad man, but a bad man does bad works.'

Martin Luther — Concerning Christian Liberty (The Freedom of a Christian)

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Concerning Christian Liberty (The Freedom of a Christian)

Concerning Christian Liberty, 1520 — outward man / tree and fruit

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Outward-man section: person precedes works (tree before fruit); justification by faith, works follow.

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