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Women Should Remain At Home, Sit Still, Keep House, And Bear And Bring Up Children...if A Woman Grows Weary And, At Last, Dies From Childbearing, It Matters Not. Let Her Die From Bearing - She Is There To Do It.

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Women Should Remain At Home, Sit Still, Keep House, And Bear And Bring Up Children...if A Woman Grows Weary And, At Last, Dies From Childbearing, It Matters Not. Let Her Die From Bearing - She Is There To Do It.

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So Preach That Those Who Do Not Fall Out With Their Sins May Fall Out With Thee.

If Anywhere The Day Is Made Holy For The Mere Day's Sake - If Anyone Set Up Its Observance On A Jewish Foundation, Then I Order You To Work On It, To Ride On It, To Dance On It, To Feast On It, To Do Anything That Shall Remove This Encroachment On Christian Liberty.

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Now If I Believe In God's Son And Remember That He Became Man, All Creatures Will Appear A Hundred Times More Beautiful To Me Than Before. Then I Will Properly Appreciate The Sun, The Moon, The Stars, Trees, Apples, As I Reflect That He Is Lord Over All Things. ...god Writes The Gospel, Not In The Bible Alone, But Also On Trees, And In The Flowers And Clouds And Stars.

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Then They Began To Say: 'yes, But How Can We Know What Is God's Word, And What Is Right Or Wrong? We Must Learn This From The Pope And The Councils.' Very Well Then, Let Them Conclude And Say What They Please, Yet I Will Reply, You Cannot Put Your Confidence In That Nor Thus Satisfy Your Conscience, For You Must Determine This Matter Yourself, For Your Very Life Depends Upon It. Therefore God Must Speak To Your Heart: This Is God's Word; Otherwise You Are Undecided.

Dear Rulers ... I Maintain That The Civil Authorities Are Under Obligation To Compel The People To Send Their Children To School. ... If The Government Can Compel Such Citizens As Are Fit For Military Service To Bear Spear And Rifle, To Mount Ramparts, And Perform Other Martial Duties In Time Of War, How Much More Has It A Right To Compel The People To Send Their Children To School, Because In This Case We Are Warring With The Devil, Whose Object It Is Secretly To Exhaust Our Cities And Principalities Of Their Strong Men.

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Brief Let Me Be. The Fewer Words The Better Prayer.

In This Revolution No Plans Have Been Written For Retreat.

Two Devils Rose From The Water, And Flew Off Through The Air, Crying, 'oh, Oh, Oh!' And Turning One Over Another, In Sportive Mockery.

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I'd Rather See Heaven Crash From The Skies Than One Grain Of God's Truth Die.

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Who Waits Until Circumstances Completely Favor His Undertaking, Will Never Accomplish Anything.

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Thus, Dear Friends, I Have Said It Clearly Enough, And I Believe You Ought To Understand It And Not Make Liberty A Law.

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I Pray That God Would Open The Mouth In Me And The Heart In You And That He Would Be The Teacher In The Midst Of Us Who May In Us Speak And Hear.

The Great Event On Calvary . . . Is An Eternal Reminder To A Power Drunk Generation That Love Is The Most Durable Power In The World, And That It Is At Bottom The Heartbeat Of The Moral Cosmos. Only Through Achieving This Love Can You Expect To Matriculate Into The University Of Eternal Life.

I Was Born To Fight Devils And Factions. It Is My Business To Remove Obstacles, To Cut Down Thorns, To Fill Up Quagmires And To Open And Make Straight Paths. If I Must Have Some Failing Let Me Rather Speak The Truth With Too Great Sincerity Than Once To Act The Hypocrite And Conceal The Truth.

He Who Hears This Name [god] From A Jew Must Inform The Authorities, Or Else Throw Sow Dung At Him When He Sees Him And Chase Him Away.

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If Anyone Could Have Gained Heaven As A Monk, Then I Would Indeed Have Been Among Them.

I Would Not Give One Moment Of Heaven For All The Joy And Riches Of The World, Even If It Lasted For Thousands And Thousands Of Years.

Whenever The Devil Harasses You, Seek The Company Of Men Or Drink More, Or Joke And Talk Nonsense, Or Do Some Other Merry Thing. Sometimes We Must Drink More, Sport, Recreate Ourselves, And Even Sin A Little To Spite The Devil, So That We Leave Him No Place For Troubling Our Consciences With Trifles. We Are Conquered If We Try Too Conscientiously Not To Sin At All. So When The Devil Says To You: Do Not Drink, Answer Him: I Will Drink, And Right Freely, Just Because You Tell Me Not To.

That The Creator Himself Comes To Us And Becomes Our Ransom - This Is The Reason For Our Rejoicing.

A Man Cannot Do Good Before He Is Made Good.

Now The Church Is Not Wood And Stone, But The Company Of Believing People; One Must Hold To Them, And See How They Believe, Live And Teach.

Our Lord Has Written The Promise Of Resurrection, Not In Books Alone, But In Every Leaf In Springtime.

The Truth Is Mightier Than Eloquence, The Spirit Greater Than Genius, Faith More Than Education.

Great People And Champions Are Special Gifts Of God, Whom He Gives And Preserves; They Do Their Work, And Achieve Great Actions, Not With Vain Imaginations, Or Cold And Sleepy Cogitations, But By Motion Of God.

All Our Work In The Field, In The Garden, In The City, In The Home, In Struggle, In Government-to What Does It All Amount Before God Except Child's Play, By Means Of Which God Is Pleased To Give His Gifts In The Field, At Home, And Everywhere? These Are The Masks Of Our Lord God, Behind Which He Wants To Be Hidden And To Do All Things.

The Holy Scriptures Surpass In Efficaciousness All The Arts And All The Sciences Of The Philosophers And Jurists; These, Though Good And Necessary To Life Here Below, Are Vain And Of No Effect As To What Concerns The Life Eternal.

Without Images We Can Neither Think Nor Understand Anything.

The State Of Matrimony Is The Chief In The World After Religion; But People Shun It Because Of Its Inconveniences, Like One Who, Running Out Of The Rain, Falls Into The River.

Faith Is The 'yes' Of The Heart, A Conviction On Which One Stakes One's Life.

If I Am Not Allowed To Laugh In Heaven, I Don't Want To Go There.

Divinity Consists In Use And Practice, Not In Speculation.

No Great Saint Lived Without Errors.

When God Contemplates Some Great Work, He Begins It By The Hand Of Some Poor, Weak, Human Creature, To Whom He Afterwards Gives Aid.

When I Am Assailed With Heavy Tribulations, I Rush Out Among My Pigs Rather Than Remain Alone By Myself. The Human Heart Is Like A Millstone In A Mill: When You Put Wheat Under It, It Turns And Grinds And Bruises The Wheat To Flour; If You Put No Wheat, It Still Grinds On, But Then 'tis Itself It Grinds And Wears Away. So The Human Heart, Unless It Be Occupied With Some Employment, Leaves Space For The Devil, Who Wriggles Himself In And Brings With Him A Whole Host Of Evil Thoughts, Temptations, And Tribulations, Which Grind Out The Heart.

Put Thou Thy Trust In God; In Duty's Path Go On; Fix On His Word Thy Steadfast Eye; So Shall Thy Work Be Done.

A Christian Has No Need Of Any Law In Order To Be Saved, Since Through Faith We Are Free From Every Law. Thus All The Acts Of A Christian Are Done Spontaneously, Out Of A Sense Of Pure Liberty.

What Will You Do In The Mundane Days Of Faithfulness?

Either God Must Be Unjust, Or You, Jews, Wicked And Ungodly. You Have Been, About Fifteen Hundred Years, A Race Rejected Of God.

In Ourselves, We Are Sinners, And Yet Through Faith We Are Righteous By The Imputation Of God. For We Trust Him Who Promises To Deliver Us, And In The Meantime Struggle So That Sin May Not Overwhelm Us, But That We May Stand Up To It Until He Finally Take It Away From Us.

What Can Only Be Taught By The Rod And With Blows Will Not Lead To Much Good; They Will Not Remain Pious Any Longer Than The Rod Is Behind Them.

Good Works Do Not Make A Good Man, But A Good Man Does Good Works.

Pray, And Let God Worry.

God Can Be Found Only In Suffering And The Cross.

Music Must Be Supported By The King And The Princes, For The Maintenance Of The Arts Is Their Duty No Less Than The Maintenance Of The Laws.

Blessed Is He Who Submits To The Will Of God; He Can Never Be Unhappy.

I Refuse To Accept The Idea That Man Is Mere Flotsam And Jetsam In The River Of Life, Unable To Influence The Unfolding Events Which Surround Him. I Refuse To Accept The View That Mankind Is So Tragically Bound To The Starless Midnight Of Racism And War That The Bright Daybreak Of Peace And Brotherhood Can Never Become A Reality.

Everything Is From God Himself, Both Commandment And Fulfillment. He Alone Commands; He Alone Fulfills.

All The Cunning Of The Devil Is Exercised In Trying To Tear Us Away From The Word.

A Preacher Must Be Both Soldier And Shepherd. He Must Nourish, Defend, And Teach; He Must Have Teeth In His Mouth, And Be Able To Bite And Fight.

Is It Not A Thing Most Abominable, That God Who Feeds So Many Mouths, Should Be Held In Such Low Esteem By Me, That I Will Not Trust Him To Feed Me? Yea, That A Guilder, Thirty-eight Cents, Should Be Valued More Highly Than God, Who Pours Out His Treasures Everywhere In Rich Profusion. For The World Is Full Of God And His Works. He Is Everywhere Present With His Gifts, And Yet We Will Not Trust In Him, Nor Accept His Visitation.

Believest Thou? Then Thou Wilt Speak Boldly. Speakest Thou Boldy? Then Thou Must Suffer. Sufferest Thou? Then Thou Shalt Be Comforted. For Faith, The Confession Thereof, And The Cross Do Follow One Another.

Father And Mother Are Apostles, Bishops And Priests To Their Children, For It Is They Who Make Them Acquainted With The Gospel.

I Put The Scriptures Above All The Sayings Of The Fathers, Angels, Men And Devils. Here I Take My Stand.

Faith Looks To The Word And The Promise; That Is, To The Truth. But Hope Looks To That Which The Word Has Promised, To The Gift .

The First Thing I Ask Is That People Should Not Make Use Of My Name, And Should Not Call Themselves Lutherans But Christians. What Is Luther? The Teaching Is Not Mine. Nor Was I Crucified For Anyone...how Did I, Poor Stinking Bag Of Maggots That I Am, Come To The Point Where People Call The Children Of Christ By My Evil Name?

A Penny Saved Is Better Than A Penny Earned.

I Feel Much Freer Now That I Am Certain The Pope Is The Antichrist.

Whoever Wants To Be A Christian Should Tear The Eyes Out Of His Reason.

The Kingdom Of God Does Not Consist In Talk, But In Power, That Is, In Works And Practice. God Loves The 'doers Of The Word' In Faith And Love, And Not The 'mere Hearers,' Who, Like Parrots, Have Learned To Utter Certain Expressions With Readiness.

Our Suffering Is Not Worthy The Name Of Suffering. When I Consider My Crosses, Tribulations, And Temptations, I Shame Myself Almost To Death, Thinking What Are They In Comparison Of The Sufferings Of My Blessed Savior Christ Jesus.

A Gospel That Doesn't Deal With The Issues Of The Day Is Not The Gospel At All.

God's Entire Divine Nature Is Wholly And Entirely In All Creatures, More Deeply, More Inwardly, More Present Than The Creature Is To Itself.

The Mass Is The Greatest Blasphemy Of God, And The Highest Idolatry Upon Earth, An Abomination The Like Of Which Has Never Been In Christendom Since The Time Of The Apostles.

Nothing Is More Sweet Than Harmony In Marriage, And Nothing More Distressing Than Dissension.

The Will Of Man Without Grace Is Not Free, But Is Enslaved, And That Too With Its Own Consent.

In Switzerland, On A High Mountain, Not Far From Lucerne, There Is A Lake They Call Pilate's Pond, Which The Devil Has Fixed Upon As One Of The Chief Residences Of His Evil Spirits.

May A Merciful God Preserve Me From A Christian Church In Which Everyone Is A Saint! I Want To Be And Remain In The Church And Little Flock Of The Fainthearted, The Feeble And The Ailing, Who Feel And Recognize The Wretchedness Of Their Sins, Who Sigh And Cry To God Incessantly For Comfort And Help, Who Believe In The Forgiveness Of Sins.

But Know That To Serve God Is Nothing Else Than To Serve Your Neighbor And Do Good To Him In Love, Be It A Child, Wife, Servant, Enemy, Friend....if You Do Not Find Yourself Among The Needy And The Poor, Where The Gospel Shows Us Christ, Then You May Know That Your Faith Is Not Right, And That You Have Not Yet Tasted Of Christ's Benevolence And Work For You.

Every Doer Of The Law And Every Moral Worker Is Accursed, For He Walketh In The Presumption Of His Own Righteousness.

If You Young Fellows Were Wise, The Devil Couldn't Do Anything To You, But Since You Aren't Wise, You Need Us Who Are Old.

Your Thoughts Of God Are Too Human

Be A Sinner And Sin Strongly, But More Strongly Have Faith And Rejoice In Christ.

He [christ] Died For Me. He Made His Righteousness Mine And Made My Sin His Own; And If He Made My Sin His Own, Then I Do Not Have It, And I Am Free.

Whoever Does Not Know God Hidden In Suffering Does Not Know God At All.

Great Thieves Go Scott-free, As The Pope And His Crew.

The Mad Mob Does Not Ask How It Could Be Better, Only That It Be Different. And When It Then Becomes Worse, It Must Change Again. Thus They Get Bees For Flies, And At Last Hornets For Bees.

Many Demons Are In Woods, In Waters, In Wildernesses, And In Dark Poolly Places Ready To Hurt And Prejudice People; Some Are Also In The Thick Black Clouds, Which Cause Hail, Lightning And Thunder, And Poison The Air, The Pastures And Grounds.

They Gave Our Master A Crown Of Thorns, Why Do We Hope For A Crown Of Roses?

In A Delightful Garden, Sowing, Planting Or Digging Are Not Hardship But Are Done With A Zeal And A Certain Pleasure.

The Worship Of God....should Be Free At Table, In Private Rooms, Downstairs, Upstairs, At Home, Abroad, In All Places, By All Peoples, At All Times

I Do Not Deny That Medicine Is A Gift Of God, Nor Do I Refuse To Acknowledge Science In The Skill Of Many Physicians; But, Take The Best Of Them, How Far Are They From Perfection? A Sound Regimen Produces Excellent Effects. When I Feel Indisposed, By Observing A Strict Diet And Going To Bed Early, I Generally Manage To Get Round Again, That Is, If I Can Keep My Mind Tolerably At Rest. I Have No Objection To The Doctors Acting Upon Certain Theories, But, At The Same Time, They Must Not Expect Us To Be The Slaves Of Their Fancies.

You Are Not Only Responsible For What You Say, But Also For What You Do Not Say

Inspirational Kindness

At The Last, When We Die, We Have The Dear Angels For Our Escort On The Way. They Who Can Grasp The Whole World In Their Hands Can Surely Also Guard Our Souls, That They Make That Last Journey Safely.

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