Part 35 (1/2)

[6] _Weimar Ed_, VI, 9 ff

[7] _Weimar Ed_, VI, 20 ff

[8] Vol I, pp 187 ff

[9] Vol I, pp 81-101

[10] _Weimar Ed_, II, 47 ff

[11] On the exact date, see _Weimar Ed_, VII, 195; _Clemen_, II, 38

[12] See Cohrs, IV, 326 ff

[13] For this information I am indebted to the Rev J F Bornhold, of Mount Holly, N J The act was discovered almost simultaneously by Pro M Reu, of Dubuque, Iowa

A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE CREED, AND THE LORD'S PRAYER

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PREFACE

The ordinary Christian, who cannot read the Scriptures, is required to learn and know the Ten Commandments, the Creed, and the Lord's Prayer; and this has not co For these three contain fully and co that ever should be preached, and everything that a Christian needs to know, all put so briefly and so plainly that no one canthat what he needs or his salvation is too long or too hard to res a man needs to know in order to be saved _First_, he ht not to do _Second_, when he finds that by his own strength he can neither do the things he ought, nor leave undone the things he ought not to do, he th he needs _Third_, he th

When a man is ill, he needs to know first what his illness is,--what he can do and what he cannot do Then he needs to knohere to find the remedy that will restore his health and help hiht Third, he et it or have it brought to him In like manner, the _Commandments_ teach a man to know his illness, so that he feels and sees what he can do and what he cannot do, what he can and what he cannot leave undone, and thus knows himself to be a sinner and a wicked man After that the _Creed_ shows hirace which helps hiood man and to keep the Commandments; it shows him God, and the mercy which He has revealed and offered in Christ In the third place, the _Lord's Prayer_ teaches hiet it, and take it to hirace is given, and by the fulfillment of God's cos in all the Scriptures Therefore we begin at the beginning, with the Conise our sin and wickedness, that is, our spiritual illness, which prevents us fros we ought not to do

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

[Sidenote: The First Table]

The _First Table of Moses_--the Table of the Right Hand--contains the first three Coht his duty toward God, what things he is in duty bound to do, and what to leave undone

[Sidenote: The First Commandment]

The _First Commandment_ teaches how man shall treat God inwardly, in the heart, that is, how he ought always to remember Him and think of Hiood Friend, s, in all trust and faith and love, with fear; he is not to offend Him, but trust Him as a child its father For nature teaches us that there is one God, Who gives all good and helps against all evil, as even the heathen show us by their worshi+ping of idols This commandment is,

_Thou shalt have no other Gods_

[Sidenote: The Second Commandment]

The _Second Commandment_ teaches how man shall act toward God outwardly, in words, before other men, or even inwardly before his own self; that is, he shall honor God's Name For no one can show God either to himself or to others in His divine nature, but only in His names This commandment is,

_Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain_