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Whilst A Man Is Persuaded That He Has It In His Power To Contribute Anything, Be It Ever So Little, To His Salvation, He Remains In Carnal Self-confidence; He Is Not A Self-despairer, And Therefore Is Not Duly Humbled Before God, He Believes He May Lend A Helping Hand In His Salvation, But On The Contrary, Whoever Is Truly Convinced That The Whole Work Depends Singly On The Will Of God, Such A Person Renounces His Own Will And Strength; He Waits And Prays For The Operation Of God, Nor Waits And Prays In Vain

-Martin Luther

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Whilst A Man Is

Martin Luther

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Whilst A Man Is Persuaded That He Has It In His Power To Contribute Anything, Be It Ever So Little, To His Salvation, He Remains In Carnal Self-confidence; He Is Not A Self-despairer, And Therefore Is Not Duly Humbled Before God, He Believes He May Lend A Helping Hand In His Salvation, But On The Contrary, Whoever Is Truly Convinced That The Whole Work Depends Singly On The Will Of God, Such A Person Renounces His Own Will And Strength; He Waits And Prays For The Operation Of God, Nor Waits And Prays In Vain

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God May Delay, But He Always Comes.

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Through Faith We Are Restored To Paradise And Created Anew. We Have No Need Of Works In Order To Be Righteous; However, In Order To Avoid Idleness And So That The Body Might Be Cared For An Disciplined, Works Are Done Freely To Please God.

I Have So Many Things To Do Today, I Dare Not Ignore My Time With God.

Thus Every Matter, If It Is To Be Done Well, Calls For The Attention Of The Whole Person.

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Great God, What Do I See And Hear! The End Of Things Created! The Judge Of Mankind Doth Appear On Clouds Of Glory Seated! The Trumpet Sounds; The Graves Restore, The Dead Which They Contained Before; Prepare, My Soul, To Meet Him!

Those With Prodigious Skill In Music Are Better Suited For All Things.

I Must Remain A Child And Pupil Of The Catechism, And Am Glad So To Remain.

The Holy Ghost Is Not A Sceptic, And He Has Not Inscribed In Our Hearts Uncertain Opinions, But, Rather, Affirmations Of The Strongest Sorts.

Married Love Burns As Fire, And Seeks Nothing More Than The Mate. It Says, "i Want Only You"

We Old Folks Have To Find Our Cushions And Pillows In Our Tankards. Strong Beer Is The Milk Of The Old.

God Does Not Work Salvation For Fictitious Sinners. Be A Sinner And Sin Vigorously... Do Not For A Moment Imagine That This Life Is The Abiding Place Of Justice; Sin Must Be Committed.

Astrology Is Framed By The Devil, To The End People May Be Scared From Entering Into The State Of Matrimony, And From Every Divine And Human Office And Calling.

If We Wish To Wash Our Hands Of The Jews Blasphemy And Not Share In Their Guilt, We Have To Part Company With Them. They Must Be Driven From Our Country.

To Gather With God's People In United Adoration Of The Father Is As Necessary To The Christian Life As Prayer.

God Has Set The Type Of Marriage Through Creation. Each Creature Seeks Its Perfection In Another.

God Freely Forgives Us On Account Of Christnot On Account Of Our Works, Contrition, Confession, Or Satisfactions.

Grace Remits Sin, And Peace Quiets The Conscience. Sin And Conscience Torment Us, But Christ Has Overcome These Fiends Now And Forever.

For From The Error Of Not Knowing, Or Understanding, What Sin Is, There Necessarily Arises Another Error, That People Cannot Know Or Understand What Grace Is.

The Multitude Of Books Is A Great Evil. There Is No Limit To This Fever For Writing.

A Wicked Tyrant Is Better Than A Wicked War.

The Prosperity Of A Country Depends, Not On The Abundance Of Its Revenues, Nor On The Strength Of Its Fortifications, Nor On The Beauty Of Its Public Buildings; But It Consists In The Number Of Its Cultivated Citizens, In Its Men Of Education, Enlightenment And Character.

The Devil, Too, Sometimes Steals Human Children; It Is Not Infrequent For Him To Carry Away Infants Within The First Six Weeks After Birth, And To Substitute In Their Place Imps.

One Drop Of Christ's Blood Is Worth More Than Heaven And Earth.

O, This Faith Is A Living, Busy, Active, Powerful Thing! It Is Impossible That It Should Not Be Ceaselessly Doing That Which Is Good. It Does Not Even Ask Whether Good Works Should Be Done; But Before The Question Can Be Asked, It Has Done Them, And It Is Constantly Engaged In Doing Them. But He Who Does Not Do Such Works, Is A Man Without Faith. He Gropes And Casts About Him To Find Faith And Good Works, Not Knowing What Either Of Them Is, And Yet Prattles And Idly Multiplies Words About Faith And Good Works.

You Must Learn That If You Are A Christian, You Will Without A Doubt Experience All Kinds Of Opposition And Evil Inclinations In The Flesh. For When You Have Faith, There Will Be A Hundred More Evil Thoughts And A Hundred More Temptations Than Before.

He Who Loves Not Women, Wine, And Song Remains A Fool His Whole Life Long.

The Inner Man Cannot Be Forced To Do Out Of His Own Free Will, What He Should Do, Except The Grace Of God Change The Heart And Make It Willing.

It Is The Most Ungodly And Dangerous Business To Abandon The Certain And Revealed Will Of God In Order To Search In To The Hidden Mysteries Of God.

A Happy Fart Never Comes From A Miserable Ass.

I Am More Afraid Of My Own Heart Than Of The Pope And All His Cardinals. I Have Within Me The Great Pope, Self.

When I Am Angry I Can Write, Pray, And Preach Well, For Then My Whole Temperament Is Quickened, My Understanding Sharpened, And All Mundane Vexations And Temptations Depart.

A Man Who Has No Part In The Grace Of God, Cannot Keep The Commandments Of God, Or Prepare Himself, Either Wholly Or In Part, To Receive Grace; But He Rests Of Necessity Under The Power Of Sin.

However, They Have Not Acquired A Perfect Mastery Of The Art Of Lying; They Lie So Clumsily And Ineptly That Anyone Who Is Just A Little Observant Can Easily Detect It. But For Us Christians They Stand As A Terrifying Example Of God's Wrath.

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Is It Not Wonderful News To Believe That Salvation Lies Outside Ourselves?

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I Have So Much To Do Today That I Must Set Apart More Time Than Usual To Pray.

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Though In Midst Of Life We Be Snares Of Death Surround Us.

Prayer Is A Powerful Thing; For God Has Bound And Tied Himself Thereunto.

If Men Only Believe Enough In Christ They Can Commit Adultery And Murder A Thousand Times A Day Without Periling Their Salvation.

We Must Beat The Gospel Into Peoples' Heads Incessantly Because It's The One Thing We're Prone To Forget.

Whoever Sees Christ As A Mirror Of The Father's Heart, Actually Walks Through The World With New Eyes.

All Laws And Philosophy Merely Tell Us What Should Be Done, But They Do Not Provide The Strength To Do It.

We Must Make A Great Difference Between God's Word And The Word Of Man. A Man's Word Is A Little Sound, That Flies Into The Air, And Soon Vanishes; But The Word Of God Is Greater Than Heaven And Earth, Yea, Greater Than Death And Hell, For It Forms Part Of The Power Of God, And Endures Everlastingly.

God Created Adam Master And Lord Of Living Creatures, But Eve Spoilt All, When She Persuaded Him To Set Himself Above God's Will. 'tis You Women, With Your Tricks And Artifices, That Lead Men Into Error.

Unthankfulness Is Theft.

I Almost Feel Like Throwing Jimmy Into The Stove, As The Priest In Kulenberg Did.

Mary Was Not Only Holy. She Was Also The Mother Of The Lord.

I Believe That The Devil Has Destroyed Many Good Books Of The Church, As, Aforetime, He Killed And Crushed Many Holy Persons, The Memory Of Whom Has Now Passed Away; But The Bible He Was Fain To Leave Subsisting.

Singing Has Nothing To Do With The Affairs Of This World: It Is Not For The Law. Singers Are Merry, And Free From Sorrows And Cares.

At Sussen, The Devil Carried Off, Last Good Friday, Three Grooms Who Had Devoted Themselves To Him.

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