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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: left, but to follow those right precepts of the Lord which
rejoice the heart. For just as a man is not righteous merely
because he serves and is devoted to works and ceremonial rites,
so neither will he be accounted righteous merely because he
neglects and despises them.
It is not from works that we are set free by the faith of Christ,
but from the belief in works, that is from foolishly presuming to
seek justification through works. Faith redeems our consciences,
makes them upright, and preserves them, since by it we recognise
the truth that justification does not depend on our works,
although good works neither can nor ought to be absent, just as
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