Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Trinity — Sermons of Martin Luther

T W E N T Y - S I X T H SUNDAY A F T E R T R I N I T Y .

TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

This sermon is found only in the c. edition.

2515; St. L. 11, 1884.

Text: Mat. 25,31-46. But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? And when saw we thee sick, or in prteon, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,

Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me;

And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but tht righteous into eternal life.

CONTENTS: CHRIST'S RETURN TO JUDGE THE CHRISTIANS I. HOW T H E COMING OP CHRIST TION : AND ALSO TO WARN AND T E R R I F Y US. 1-2.

CHRIST W I L L T A K E PLACE.

W I L L CAUSE T H E GODLESS T H E GREATEST PAIN AND IV. TO WHAT END W I L L COMING T A K E PLACE, AND WHAT W I L L FOLLOW FROM A. He will separate the goats from the sheep. 5-6.

B . He will pronounce judgment.

1. In what way will judgment he pronounced. 7.

2. Why Christ In this judgment refers only to the works of mercy and of no mercy. a. The ground and cause of this question. 8-10. b. The answer of this questlon.

(1) The first answer. 11-20.

* The great unmerciful spirit of the world, and Its ingratitude toward the Gospel, and what kind of punish¬ ment will follow i t 11¬

* The horrible ruin that will visit the persecu¬ tors of the Church of * How and why a terrible sentence will be passed upon the Pope and his followers. 18-20.

(2) The second answer.

3. To what end shall this judg¬ ment serve believing 4. The world Is striving hard to the end that It may hear this sentence. 25-26.

5. How and why we should well grasp and consider this sen¬ tence. 27.

* It is a very excellent work to do good to a Christian ; and a great sin to cause a Christian pain. 28-29.

* How and why the pulpit and the school must be maintained.

* Complaint against the un¬ merciful and wicked spirit of the world. 33.

* A prophecy concerning Ger¬ many. 34-36.

1. The words of this Gospel are in themselves clear and lucid. They have been given both for the comfort and en¬ couragement of believing Christians, and for the warning and terror of others, if perchance, they might be of help to them. While most lessons almost exclusively teach and inculcate faith, this one treats only of the works, which Christ will examine at the last day, that it may be seen that he wishes them to be remembered and performed by those who wish to be Christians and be found in his kingdom.

2. And Christ himself gives this admonition here in the strongest terms that can be given, both in the consoling promise of a glorious, eternal reward, and in the most terStill Waters Revival Books - All Rights Reserved - www.PuritanDownloads.com

T W E N T Y - S I X T H SUNDAY A F T E R rible threatenings of eternal wrath and punishment upon all who despise the admonition ; so that whoever is not moved and aroused by these words can certainly never be moved by anything. For Christ says, he will himself come visibly in his majesty, at the last day, with all the angels, and that he will transplant all who have believed in him and have exercised love toward hig followers, into his father's king¬ dom of eternal glory all who believe in him and love his saints; and that he will also cast into hell forever all who live not as Christians, and who separate themselves from him and all his saints.

3. Now, had it not been told us we should be inquisitive beyond measure to know what would happen on the last day, and what Jesus would say and do on that day. Here we are now told, and have set before us first of all, death, which no one can escape ; but after that the day of judgment. Then it shall come to pass that Christ will bring together by means of the resurrection all who have ever lived upon earth ; and at the same time he will descend in great inexpressible majesty, sitting upon the throne of judgment, with all the heavenly host hovering around him; and all the good and bad will appear, so that we shall all stand exposed before him, and no one will be able to conceal himself.

4. The appearance of this glory and majesty will im¬ mediately become a great terror and pain to the condemned, as we read in to-day's Epistle lesson, lest they shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, 2 Thess. 1, 9-10. For even if there were no more than a single angel present, there would not remain in his presence one fickle, wicked conscience, were it possible to escape, any more than a thief and a rascal can bear to come before a human judge. I f he could escape, he would much prefer it, if only for the purpose that he might escape public disgrace, to say nothing of his being compelled to hear the judgment passed upon him.

Judge in his divine majesty, and shall hear the verdict of eternal destruction and hell fire pronounced upon them forever ! This ought surely to he a strong, powerful admoni¬ tion for us to live as Christians, so that we may stand in honor and without fear at the right hand of this majestic

Lord, where there will he no fear nor terror, but pure com¬ fort and everlasting joy.

5. For he will then, as he says here himself, immediately separate the goats from the sheep. And this will take place publicly in the presence of all angels, men, and creatures, and before the whole rabble of an ungodly world, that it may be seen who have been pious, honest Christians, as well as who have been false hypocrites. This separation cannot take place in the world until that day, not even in the as¬ sembly that constitutes the Christian Church. The good and the bad must remain together in this world, as the parable of the wedding guests says, Mat. 22,10 ; or as Christ himself had to tolerate Judas among his Apostles. Christians are even now grieved that they must remain here in the midst of a crooked, perverse, ungodly people, which is the kingdom of Satan, Phil. 2,15.

6. While they have their sufferings here upon earth, they will have also their comfort on the coming day of judgment, when Christ will separate them from the other flock, so that after that day no false, ungodly men, nor death, nor devil can ever touch them or offend them.

7. Then he will pronounce the verdict in the very words in which he has already prepared it and set it forth, and he will certainly not change it. And the words are peculiar in this that he makes them depend upon the deeds and works here mentioned, which they have or have not done, and which are the basis and cause of his judgment. And all these words set forth at length the works which have been done as well as those which have been neglected. And all this shall happen m the twinkling of an eye, when the hearts of all men shall be revealed before all creatures ; and as it is preached here, so there all will be forthwith executed.

T W E N T Y - S I X T H SUNDAY A F T E R T R I N I T Y . works called deeds of mercy, or the neglect of such works?

Six different kinds are mentioned in the text, although many more might be given; yet were one to judge critically in the matter, there are no more works than those implied in the fifth commandment : Thou shalt not kill ; in which Ave are commanded in general, as Christ himself ex¬ plains it, not to be angry with our neighbor, but to be kind to him and ready to serve and assist him, supply his wants in times of need, whether in hunger, thirst, nakedness, suffer¬ ing, imprisonment, sickness or other troubles, and to do this even to those who may have given us occasion for anger or for unmerciful acts, and thus do not appear to be worthy of our love and benevolence. For that is a poor virtue which does good only to those we love, or from whom we hope to receive kindness and thanks in return.

But one might, as has been said, add to those works of mercy many more from other commandments; for example from the sixth, that one is to assist his neighbor, to protect his wife, children and domestics, and to keep them under proper restraint and in honor ; also from the seventh, eighth and last commandments, that is, to help save and maintain the goods and property, house, home and good report of his neighbor; also to help protect and defend the poor, the oppressed and the down-trodden.

9. Now Christ says also in Mat. 12,36, that men must give an account on the day of judgment not only of the transgres¬ sions of these commandments, but also of every idle word they have spoken. Then where shall the works of the first table, the greatest commandment, as right teaching, faith, prayer, hearing and preaching of God's Word, and the like, find their place ? Why does he pronounce such a harsh and severe judgment only upon those who have omitted to do the works of the fifth commandment? Because these works appear almost the same as those which the heathen do. For the Turks do more works of this kind and boast more of them than we who are called Christians. Among them each one regards his neighbor as his brother and shares with him whatever he has. Nay, they regard it the greatest unfaithStill Waters Revival Books - All Rights Reserved - www.PuritanDownloads.com fulness and most shameful vice not to share bread with a neighbor in times of hunger. Why does he so highly extol these works which shine so brightly also among the Turks and among the heathen ? Certainly he does not mean to say that those also who are not Christians merit eternal life by reason of such works?

10. For Christ himself shows that he is speaking of the works of believing Christians, when he says: '1 was hungry and ye gave me to eat," etc.; "what ye have done unto the least of these my brethren ye have done unto me." For there is no doubt that he who performs such works of mercy to Christians, must himself be a Christian and a believer; but he who does not believe in Christ, will certainly never be so kind toward a Christian, much less toward Christ, so that for his sake he would show mercy to the poor, and needy; therefore he will refer to these works at the judg¬ ment, and accordingly pronounce the verdict to both parties, to those who have done, and those who have not done these works, as a public testimony of the fruits of their faith or of their unbelief.

11. I t seems as though he meant hereby to show that many Christians, after receiving the preaching of the Gospel, of the forgiveness of sins and grace through Christ, become even worse than the heathen. For he also says in Mat. 19, 30,

' יMany that are first shall be last ; and the last shall be first. ' י Thus it will also be at the end of the world; those who should be honest Christians, because they heard the Gospel, are much worse and more unmerciful than they were before, as we see too many examples of this even now.

Aforetime when we were to do good works under the seauction and false worship of the Papacy, every one was ready and willing; a prince, for example, or a city, could give more alms and a greater endowment than now all the kings and emperors are able to give. But now all the world seems to be learning nothing else than how to estimate val¬ ues, to rake and scrape, to rob and steal by lying, deceiving, usury, overcharging, overrating, and the like; and every man treats his neighbor, not as though he were his friend,

Still Waters Revival Books - All Rights Reserved - www.PuritanDownloads.com T W E N T Y - S I X T H SUNDAY AFTER. T R I N I T Y . much less as his brother in Christ, but as his mortal enemy, and as though he intended to snatch all things to himself and begrudge everything to others.

12. This goes on daily, is constantly increasing, is a very common practice and custom, among all classes of people, among princes, the nobility, burghers, peasants, in all courts, cities, villages, yes in almost e\ ery home. Tell me, what city is now so strong and pious as to be able to raise an amount sufficient to support a schoolmastei or a preacher? Yes, if we did not already have the liberal alms and endowments of our forefathers, the Gospel would long ago have disap¬ peared in the cities on account of the burghers, and in the country because of the nobility and peasants, and poor preachers would have nothing to eat nor to drink. For we do not love to give, but would rather take even by force what others have given and endowed. Therefore it is no credit to us that a single pulpit or school is still maintained.

Yea, how many there are among the great, the powerful, and the rich, especially in the Papacy, who would like to see nothing better than all preachers, schools, and arts externa¬ nated.

13. Such are the thanks to the blessed Gospel, by which men have been freed from the bondage and plagues of the Pope, that they must become so shamefully wicked in these last times. They are now no more unmerciful, no more in a human, but in a satanic way; they are not satisfied with being allowed to enjoy the Gospel, and grow fat by robbing and stealing the revenues of the church, but they must also be scheming with all their power how they may completely starve out the Gospel. One can easily count upon his fingers, what they who enjoy the Gospel are doing and giving here and elsewhere ; and, were it only for us now liv¬ ing, there would long since have been no preacher or student from whom our children and descendants might know what we had taught and believed.

14. In short, what do you think Christ will say on that day, seated on his judgment throne, to such unmerciful Christianity? "Dear sir, listen, you have also pretended to Still Waters Revival Books - All Rights Reserved - www.PuritanDownloads.com

L U T H E R ' S CHURCH POSTIL. be a Christian and boasted of the Gospel; did you not also hear this sermon, that 1 myself preached, in which I told you what my verdict and decision would be: 'Depart from me, ye cursed?' 1 was hungry and thirsty, naked and sick, poor and in prison, and ye gave me no meat, no drink, clothed me not, took me not in, and visited me not. Why have ye neglected this, and have been more shameless and unmerciful toward your own brethren than the Turk or heathen?"

Will you excuse yourself by pleading: "Lord, when saw we thee hungry or thirsty?" etc. Then he will answer you again through your own conscience : Dear sir, were there no people who preached to you ; or perhaps poor students who should have at the time been studying and learning God's

Word, or were there no poor, persecuted Christians whom you ought to have fed, clothed and visited ?

15, We ought really to be ashamed of ourselves, having had the example of parents, ancestors, lords and kings, princes and others, who gave so liberally and charitably, even in profusion, to churches, ministers, schools, endow¬ ments, hospitals and the like; and by such liberal giving neither they nor their descendants were made poorer. What would they have done, had they had the light of the Gospel, that is given unto us? How did the Apostles and their fol¬ lowers in the beginning bring all they had for their poor widows, or for those who had nothing, or who were banished and persecuted, in order that no one among them might suf¬ fer for the necessities of life ! In this way poor Christians should at all times support one another.

Otherwise, as I have said, the Gospel, the pulpit, churches and schools would already be completely exterminated, no matter how much the rest of the world did.

Weie it not for the grace of God, by which he gives us here and there a pious prince, or godly government, which preserves the fragments still left, that all may not be de¬ stroyed by the graspers and vultures, thieves and robbers; were it not for this grace, I say, the poor pastors and preach¬ ers would not only be starved, but also murdered. Nor are

Still Waters Revival Books - All Rights Reserved - www.PuritanDownloads.com T W E N T Y - S I X T H SUNDAY A F T E R there now any other poor people than those who serve, or are being trained to serve the church; and these can obtain no suport elsewhere, and must leave their poor wives and children die of hunger because of an indifferent world ; on the other hand the world is full of useless, unfaithful, wicked fellows among day-laborers, lazy mechanics, servants, maids, and idle, greedy beggars, who everywhere by lying, deceiving, robbing and stealing, take away the hard-earned bread and butter from those who are really poor, and yet go unpunished in the midst of their wantonness and insolence.

16. This I say, that we may see how Christ will upbraid the false liars and hypocrites among Christians, on the day of judgment, and having convicted them before all creatures will condemn them, because they have done none of the works which even the heathen do to their fellows; who did much more in their false and erroneous religion, and would have done it even more willingly had they known better.

17. Since now this terrible condemnation is justly pro¬ nounced over those who neglected these works, what will happen to those who have not only neglected the same, have given nothing to the poor Christians, nor served them; but robbed them of what they had, drove them to hunger, thirst and nakedness, furthermore persecuted, scattered, impris¬ oned, and murdered them? These are so unutterably wicked, so utterly condemned to the bottomless pit with the devil and his angels, that Christ will not think or speak of them. But he will assuredly not forget these robbers, tyrants, and bloodhounds any more than he will forget or pass over un¬ rewarded those who have suffered hunger thirst, nakedness, persecution and the like, especially for his and his Word's sake. He will not forget those to whom mercy has been shown, even though he speaks only to those who have shown mercy and have lent their aid ; for he highly and nobly com¬ mends them, when he says. "Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me."

18. On account of this judgment fear and trembling might well seize our great spiritual prelates, as they call them¬ selves, the popes, cardinals, bishops, canons, priests, and the Still Waters Revival Books - All Rights Reserved - www.PuritanDownloads.com whole diabolical rabble of the anti-christian crowd at Rome, and everywhere, in their monasteries and brothels, if they were not altogether hardened and deliberately given to Satan, body and soul. They think and act as though they were especially appointed to snatch to themselves every thing that belongs to the poor church, and in their own wan¬ tonness to consume, spend, waste, squander, in dissipation, gambling and debauchery, in the most shameful and scanda¬ lous maner, whatever has been given for the maintenance of students, schools and the poor people. They mock God and man, 2 Pet. 2, 13 ; yea, they publicly murder innocent, pious people.

19. Yea, woe, another and eternal woe, to them and to all who side with them. For it had been, better for them, had they never been born, as Christ says of Judas. Therefore they ought rather to wish that their mothers had drowned them in their first bath, or that they had never come forth from the womb, than that one of them should have become pope or cardinal or a popish priest. For they are nothing else than merely desperate and select ones, not highway robbers, but public country-thieves, who take, not the goods of the mighty and the powerful that really have something, but of the poor and wretched, of the parishchurches, schools, and hospitals, whose morsels are snatched from their teeth, and whose drink is torn from their mouths, so that they are unable to maintain life.

20. Therefore let every man beware of the Pope, the bish¬ ops, and the priesthood, as he would beware of those who have already been condemned alive to the abyss of perdition.

Truly Paul did not prophesy in vain, 2 Tim. 3, 1, that in the last days perilous times shall come. Yet all the world moves along indifferently and gives no heed to this terrible judg¬ ment that has already been decided against such unmerciful robbers, thieves, and murderers of poor Christians, but es¬ pecially against those who pretend to be Christians, who after having received grace slide back again, and like a dog eat their own vomit, or as the swine wallow in their own

Still Waters Revival Books - All Rights Reserved - www.PuritanDownloads.com T W E N T Y - S I X T H SUNDAY A F T E R filth, 2 Pet. 2, 20-22, and thus, having been first, become last before anyone is aware of it.

21. The second reason why Christ especially mentions these works of mercy and their omission, from the fifth com¬ mandment, is, that he wishes to remind us, who have been called to be Christians, have received mercy through our

Lord, have been redeemed from the wrath of God and the guilt of the fifth commandment and from eternal death, and on the contrary have a gracious God, who is good to us in time and in eternity, to remind us, I say, to look upon all this and regard it as having been done not only for our sal¬ vation but also for an example. For, since he has shown us such mercy as to save us, we are also to act toward our ueighboT in a manner as not to transgress against the fifth fifth commandment, which especially demands love and mercy.

And we are not to do these things simply because of the commandment ana of the threatening of judgment, but for the sake of the example of the excellent and great goodness

God has shown. For this example cannot be without blessed results, as God's work of redemption is not without power and good fruit. Although most people become worse from having heard the Gospel, there must nevertheless be some who rightly understand it and remain faithful to it ; for he says that he will separate them into two flocks; therefore there must also be pious ones who have kept this com¬ mandment.

22. Therefore see to it that you are among those who are kind and merciful here npon earth for Christ's sake, or who even suffei for his sake, then you may joyfully await the last day, and need not be afraid of the judgment; for he has already selected you and placed you among those who shall stand at his right hand.

23. For we, who are Christians, should hope for the com¬ ing of this judgment and desire it with our whole heart ; as we pray for it in the words: Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, deliver us from evil; so that we may also hear the glad and welcome words: Come, ye blessed, into the king¬

Still Waters Revival Books - All Rights Reserved - www.PuritanDownloads.com L U T H E R ' S CHÜRCH POSTIL. dorn of my Father. This is the verdict we await ; for this reason we are Christians, and just for the sake of this hope we are so severely oppressed, first by Satan and by our own flesh, which would not have us believe this and rejoice over it; then by the tyranny and enmity of the world. For we must constantly see and hear the maliciousness which Satan and the world practice against the Gospel. There is sc much misery upon earth that we ought to be tired of this life and cry aloud : Come, dear Lord, and deliver us.

24. For there are certainly souls who are joyfully and with a good conscience awaiting the judgement of Christ; foi they are in the rank and fellowship of those who believe in Christ, and who show fruits of faith through charity and beneficence toward the poor, or through pa¬ tience in suffering with them. For, as I have said, he who does not have faith will not do works of mercy to Chris¬ tians, but he who does them, will do them because he be¬ lieves that he has a faithful Savior and Redeemer in Christ, who has reconciled him to God. Therefore he must have also a kind, loving heart toward his neighbors, even toward his enemies, and serve them in every time of need. Yea, he endures also, as I have just said, those things which come upon him from the world and the devil on account of his faith.

Whosoever is thus minded, I say, let him be joyful and of good courage; for he has already the blessed and joyful verdict : Come, thou blessed one, for thou hast also been one of the least of my brethren, who hast thyself suffered hunger and thirst, or who hast served the other hungry and thirsty ones, and hast shown mercy, as I have done.

25. Behold, therefore, the separation of the sheep and goats is already made in this life, so that every one can ex¬ perience it internally and must indicate and show it also externally. Foi they who have not faith will surely do none of these thingsthey will neither comfort themselves with the grace of Christ, nor think of exercising mercy ; they pass by the Word of God and their neighbor, as though they neither saw nor heard anything; they do not care to know

Still Waters Revival Books - All Rights Reserved - www.PuritanDownloads.com T W E N T Y - S I X T H SUNDAY A F T E R T R I N I T Y . that there is a Lord whom they are to serve and who will demand such service from them. For if they would con¬ sider that they must die, and appear before this judgment seat, they would not at the time defraud any one of a farth¬ ing. But, on the contrary, they think best to turn their eyes away from death and to keep the heart from thinking of it.

26. The world is so blind and hardened, that it can see before its eyes the great mass of men of all kinds who have passed away, and who are daily passing away, but is unwill¬ ing to behold it with seeing eyes, and to heed it, but con¬ tinues securely and gaily in its wickedness. Furthermore, when it hears of the terrible judgment and condemnation that shall come upon it, it gives no heed to the consolation and example offered through Christ, but practices all kinds of unmercifulness ; strives to hear and will have nothing else than the terrible, irrevocable verdict pronounced upon it from the judgment seat of Christ, and immediately after be cast from his presence into eternal hell-fire.

27. Wherefore he who may yet be converted and is ready to listen, will have enough, both to frighten and warn him, and to animate and persuade him to accom¬ modate himself to the Word and example of Christ, while there is time and opportunity, so that he need not hear with the world this dreadful judgment, but may have joy and comfort in mercy with all Christians. Nor did Christ spare his Apostles, but earnestly admonished them, when he said in Luke 21, 34-36: "Take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunken¬ ness, and cares of this life," which, he shows, will be most prevalent at the end of the world, " and that day come on you suddenly as a snare ; but watch ye at every season, mak¬ ing supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man," etc.

28. Notice, however, as I said, that he wishes to distin¬ guish the good works of the Christians from the works of the Turks and the heathen.

For he speaks of the works done unto him, of which both parties claim to be ignorant, Still Waters Revival Books - All Rights Reserved - www.PuritanDownloads.com the wicked excusing themselves, because they had not seen him, etc. But herewith he has most beautifully explained the fifth commandment, that it means, he who fulfills it can be none else than a believing Christian, who did it unto

Christ. Thus the woman who annointed his head and feet, Mat. 26, 10-13, fulfilled this commandment and is praised by him when he says : "She has wrought a good work upon me.

For ye have the poor always with you, and if ye wish ye can always do good unto them, but me ye have not always.

Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her." Again in Mat. 10, 42: "And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones, who believe in me, a cup of cold water, he shall in no wise lose his reward."

29. We should therefore impress the fact upon our hearts and consider that it is a great and fine thing to do good to a Christian ; but on the contrary also, what it is to do evil to him, as I said of the Pope, the bishops, the tyrants, and feudal nobility, who take from the feet of Christ what they have not given him the food, the drink, the lodging and the support of the poor, who are poor for Christ's sake, because they are not in the position, as ministers, sextons and school masters, to rule the world; nor are they able to engage in any other business in which they might gain a livelihood; for then they would also have been made the partakers of power and would receive enough. But since they have no part in the government, the world gives them nothing for their services.

As they receive nothing for God's nor Christ's sake, they can have nothing, and must leave behind them poor, wretched widows and orphans.

30. Those in other positions and offices, who have plenty in all respects, do not wish and cannot attend to the duties and the services of the church, neither do they know how.

And when ministers and pastors engage in worldly trades and pursuits, they step outside of their proper calling.

T W E N T Y - S I X T H SUNDAY A F T E R he makes it so precious that whosoever gives meat or drink to the least of his members on earth, he recognizes the same as though it had been done and given to himself. Do we wish then to be Christians, and expect from Christ the honor to be praised and rewarded in the presence of all creatures, we must, indeed, cheerfully and gratuitously give to those who are to perform the duties of their office gratuitously, because they can have no share in secular matters. This we are to do in order to escape the curse and wrath that will come upon those who would not have mercy on their poor brethren, who had to suffer hunger, thirst, misery, and im¬ prisonment in the world in order to bring us to Christ.

31. But how does it happen that the righteous do not rec¬ ognize and know that they have done their works unto Christ? They say: Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, etc. ? The reason is, that to give something to a poor minister, chaplain, teacher, sexton is regarded as a matter altogether of too small significance to be so precious in the sight of God. Yea, the world looks upon it as so much money thrown away. Yet will any one say that the world would be so much richer, were there• no pupils, schools, hospitals ? Or that it is on their account any poorer, unless it were entirely heathen, or it were, as heretofore, compelled to give enough for the devil's sake, and allow itself to be flayed to the bone by those who have cheated it of body and soul. In short, the churches and schools receive the very least from the world; yet it is jealous, complains bitterly, and makes a great cry about what they already have, al ־ though it gives nothing, and claims to make much better use of its means, when at other times it gives a hundred times as much to shameless, dissolute villains and jugglers ; it soon forgets of how much it allows brother Guy to be robbed, and then even it takes a beating in the bargain. It never enters the brain of the world to think and believe that this means to give to Christ ; nor is it easy for us to see it ourselves.

32. But Christ is able to speak and judge rightly in this matter, and he knows how much depends upon it. For it is truly impossible to bring up the young in the kingdom of Still Waters Revival Books - All Rights Reserved - www.PuritanDownloads.com

God in any other way than by means of schools; nor is it possible to maintain the Word of God without pulpits.

Where these are allowed to fall into disuse, there will be a second Sodom and Gomorrah, which will fare as those of old, who despised the Word of God, and would not listen to nor endure pious Lot. Thus also Ezekiel, 16, 48-50, prophesies of Jerusalem: "As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom : pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me ; therefore I took them away as I saw good," etc.

33. The same conditions now exist everywhere. Every peasant, burgher, nobleman is simply gathering dollars, waits and saves, eats and drinks, is insolent and mischievous as though God were nothing at all. No one cares for the des¬ pised Jesus in his poverty ; nay, he is even tread under foot, until all obedience, discipline and honor are destroyed among us, as they were in Sodom and Gomorrah, and matters be¬ come so bad, as to become unbearable, because all admoni¬ tion and preaching seem to be of no avail.

34. Right unwillingly do I prophesy; for I have often experiencëd how it came true; but the same conditions, alas, prevail now everywhere; and I fear and must almost resign myself that Germanymay have the same experience as Sodom and Jerusalem, and will be a thing of the past ; it will either be destroyed by the Turks or it will crumble by its own hand, unless the last day overtake it soon. For the present con¬ ditions are altogether unbearable and so exceedingly bad that they cannot become worse ; and if there be still a God, he cannot thus let matters go on unpunished.

35. And now the world will not take heed, nor recognize that it must die and stand before God in judgment, but it rages against recognized truth. Let us give heed and take it to heart, that the wrath of God may not also sweep us away.

T W E N T Y - S I X T H SUNDAY A F T E R TRINITY, loose both the Turks and Satan against us. The Turk would be compelled to cease doing what he has done and is still doing, were we not so hardened in blindness and impenitence, and so completely ripe for judgment. The reason is that we rage so blasphemously against God's Word and his proffered help, and then in addition make our boast against the Turk.

36. And I hold that, if we Lutherans, as they call us, were only dead, the whole world would immediately cry, "Victory," as though they had already devoured every single Turk. But it shall happen to them also that a hundred shall be slain by one Turk. And when the cry of murder is once heard, how unmercifully the Turks will cut in pieces all people, men, women, and children. Then shall we also begin to cry and lament. It shall come to pass that we shall do as did the Jews, put Christ out of the way. When he has been cruci¬ fied, we shall be able to take care of the Turk, as Squire

Caiaphas and the Jews took care of the Romans j thus the younkers at Jerusalem thought, if they could only put the prophet Jeremiah out of the way, they would surely be safe from the king of Babylon. What happened? After they had cast Jeremiah into the dungeon, the king came and led them all into captivity.

Thus I can also see that God has spun a web over Germany as it is determined to be guilty in the same manner of wilful blindness, defiance, wickedness, contempt, and ungratefulness in opposing the precious Gospel. It is de¬ termined to be guilty of foolishness before God, for which it will have to pay dearly. May God preserve us, and grant us and our little flock that we may escape this terrible wrath, and be found among those who honor and serve our dear Christ, and await the judgment at his right hand joy¬ ously and blissfully.

TO THE READER: If it should happen that another Sunday after Trinity should follow the 2Cth, which is very seldom the case, then it might be well to use the last preceding Epistle and Gospel for the 27th Sunday after Trinity, and on the Sunday preceding the 27th take the following text for the Epistle and the Gospel: Epistle, 2

Peter 3, 3; Gospel, Matthew 24. 37-51.

359, 360 abraham, 7, 16, 75, 96, 97, 150, 159, 160, 172, 215, 248 adam, 15, 21, 98, 115, 231, 232 adulterer, 139, 173 adultery, 135, 360 adversary, 249, 250, advocate, 45, 178, 274, afflicted, 96, 147, 274,

278, 279 affliction, 95, 122, 170, allegory, 45 almighty, 120, 121, altar, 59, 200 amos, 66 angel, 6, 8, 10, 13, 24, 33, 48, 49, 50, 62, 66,

72, 84, 93, 115, 120, 366, 368, 369, 374 angry god, 300 anti-christ, 360, 375 antichrist, 278, 351, antithesis, 143 apostate, 74, 84, 85, apostle paul, 220 apostolic, 190 apparel, 201 arian, 253, 263 arius, 284 ark of god, 130 artistic, 287 assembly, 290 assurance, 51, 52, 53,

75, 200, 226, 240, 334, 336, 337, 341, 342 athens, 110 attained, 43, 202, 250 augustine, 146, 155, 290, 362, 364 augustinian, 210 authority, 133, 136,

335, 337, 353, 363 babylon, 382 baptised, 196 baptism, 14, 86, 195, 231, 232, 253 baptist, 28, 135, 315 baptized, 177, 184,

194, 231, 240, 302 beast, 4, 5, 16, 17, 21, 40, 288 begg, 95, 233, 374, 379 belief, 9, 17, 93, 95, 346, 354, 371 believe, 20, 21, 22, 34,

41, 44, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 81, 84, 85, 86, 99, 106,

377, 379, 380 bible, 294, 306 bishop, 5, 6, 18, 26, 44, 77, 78, 86, 131, 281, 326, 357, 374, 379 blasphemies, 42 blasphemy, 42, 43 blessing, 90, 114, 115,

215, 317, 320 blood, 2, 31, 61, 79, 82, 108, 127, 128, 131, Listings May Include Partial Matches Page Numbers Refer to PDF Page Numbers

Still Waters Revival Books 360, 362, 374 blood of christ, 210, 215, 286 body and soul, 139, 345, 375, 380 book of job, 96 book of life, 81 bottomless pit, 374 brain, 35, 149, 380 brethren, 149, 237,

373, 374, 377, 380 broken, 67, 139, 250, 254, 255, 272, 361 burns, 250 business, 199, 216, 379 caesar, 2, 280, 281, 308, 309, 312 calling, 27, 41, 65, 113,

360, 362, 363, 379 candles, 78 canon, 42, 374 censure, 339, 346 ceremonies, 156, 157, 162, 290 ceremony, 159 charity, 377 chastity, 94, 95, 244 children, 85, 90, 93,

370, 372, 374, 382 christ, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,

40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76,

77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 105, christ alone, 171, 209, christ jesus, 17, 87, 168 christendom, 28, 44,

81, 105, 172, 178, 194, 226, 303, 311, 358 christian, 2, 5, 7, 14, 17, 21, 26, 27, 31, 37, 38, 39, 40, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 59,

60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 74, 75, 78, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, Listings May Include Partial Matches Page Numbers Refer to PDF Page Numbers

Still Waters Revival Books christian liberty, 284 christianity, 17, 56, 62, 211, 290, 372 church, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26,

27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87,

89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, church father, 290 church of christ, 42, church of god, 223, 367 circumcised, 150, 158, 161, 343 circumcision, 32, 150,

158, 159, 161 circumstance, 129, 322 circumstances, 129, civil government, 28, clothing, 15, 79, 84, 98, 309, 311 college, 3 commandment, 2, 5, 6,

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 23, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 376, 379 commandment of god, 34, 156 communion, 177, 235, conception, 52, 315 confession, 27, 30, 36,

48, 49, 109, 124, 152, 262, 272, 340 confessional, 27, 152, congregation, 217, 222, 231, 338 conscience, 20, 21, 27, 39, 40, 41, 44, 52, 56, conspiracy, 296, 304 conspirator, 296 constituted, 51, 65, 303 controversy, 77 conversion, 341 convert, 378 converted, 378 conviction, 53, 75 corinthians, 66, 320 corruption, 205, 280 council of constance, courage, 53, 67, 86, 91,

367, 377 court, 17, 62, 219, 241, covenant, 26, 352, 353, covet, 94, 96, 164, 237 covetousness, 94, 96, creation, 11, 109, 147, creator, 11, 90, 120,

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65, 85, 95, 129, 131, 373, 380 cyprian, 362 damnation, 148, 153, damned, 168, 236 daniel, 6, 34, 350, 352, 353, 358, 359 darkness, 26, 131, 152,

220, 221, 260 daughter, 2, 142, 152, 348, 349, 381 david, 2, 26, 34, 57, 74, 75, 96, 97, 150, 156, death, 13, 21, 31, 32,

40, 57, 69, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 94, 106, 115, 369, 376, 378 debate, 37 deception, 160, 288, 329, 364 declaration, 195, 298,

306, 310 decree, 43, 174, 267, 315, 318 delusion, 8, 204, 205, despair, 66, 68, 123, 343, 348 destroyer, 138 destruction of jerusalem, 350, 355 deuteronomy, 282 devil, 13, 15, 20, 21,

28, 44, 45, 64, 66, 74, 75, 78, 81, 85, 96, 116, disciple, 4, 5, 6, 24, 25, 29, 31, 34, 40, 56, 59, 74, 100, 105, 114, 117,

313, 327, 347, 356 discipline, 242, 248, dispensation, 24, 29 divine, 48, 57, 74, 77, 79, 81, 110, 115, 116, 335, 337, 342, 369 divine law, 173 divine right, 304 division, 204 divorce, 203 doctor, 78, 178, 204,

301, 328 doctrine, 30, 31, 32, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 55, 57, 66, 76, 77, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 91, 106, 127, 147, 166,

354, 357, 358, 362 doctrines of men, 85, 86, 357 dominion, 281, 321, doubt, 7, 8, 36, 39, 51, 52, 53, 55, 65, 67, 68, 69, 72, 76, 82, 86, 108,

342, 343, 347, 371 drug, 207, 324, 325 drums, 233 drunk, 378 education, 90 Listings May Include Partial Matches Page Numbers Refer to PDF Page Numbers

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29, 133, 136, 182, 199, 367, 371 eternal punishment, 278, 367 eternity, 134, 376 evangelical, 49, 93 everlasting covenant, evidence, 75, 111 evolution, 282 excommunicate, 120, extraordinary, 43, 201, eyes, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 19,

24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37, 39, 40, 70, 75, 76, 78, 84, 98, 101, 106, 362, 378 ezekiel, 221, 381 faith, 2, 6, 9, 14, 18,

21, 23, 29, 31, 33, 37, 40, 41, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76,

78, 80, 81, 84, 86, 87, 371, 374, 376, 377 faith alone, 71, 157, 169, 217, 218, 230 faith in christ, 87, 143, 252, 314, 320, 347 faith in jesus christ, 169 faithful minister, 311 faithfulness, 45, 202, falling away, 72 false christ, 26, 208,

209, 236, 350, 362 false doctrine, 77, 255, false prophet, 151, 260, 297, 350, 362 false teacher, 65, 74, false worship, 354, 371 family, 99, 100, 119,

129, 152 fashion, 221, 303 fasting, 59, 60, 275 father, 5, 7, 14, 15, 16, 21, 24, 25, 28, 34, 43, 372, 377 fear, 27, 28, 34, 67, 72,

74, 75, 80, 85, 87, 93, 99, 106, 114, 124, 130, fear of god, 67, 341 feast, 2, 145, 153, 213, Listings May Include Partial Matches

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226, 227, 377 fifth commandment, 370, 376, 379 film, 148 final judgment, 312 fines, 204 first commandment, 11, 156, 158 first love, 160 first table, 370 flesh, 7, 19, 31, 33, 40,

41, 79, 108, 127, 128, 354, 357, 377 flood, 117, 278, 312, fool, 6, 8, 15, 43, 52, 65, 74, 81, 82, 90, 95, 98, 102, 151, 152, 159,

343, 344, 347, 382 forefather, 372 forgiveness, 27, 34, 41, 42, 138, 176, 182, 183, 332, 341, 349, 371 forgiveness of sins, 27, fornication, 94 foundation, 23, 33, 48,

79, 116, 156, 191, 198, 362, 366 free will, 15, 16, 86, freedom, 167, 335 fundamental, 37 galatians, 173, 320 game, 284 generation, 179, 220,

232, 288 genesis, 102 genesis 1, 102 gentile, 89, 103, 108, 109, 154, 233, 348 genuine faith, 242 german, 3, 10, 253, 263, 347, 381, 382 germany, 253, 381, 382 gift, 44, 45, 78, 80, 95,

99, 110, 114, 116, 118, 318, 319 glorified, 78, 114, 176, 183, 346, 368 glorify god, 196 glory, 14, 15, 23, 29, 33, 47, 74, 85, 86, 89,

366, 368 glory of god, 166, 340 god the father, 21, 87, god's anger, 130, 182 god's commandment, 176, 177, 200 god's goodness, 53, 117 god's grace, 30, 40, 51,

116, 203, 266 god's law, 20, 21, 77 god's love, 54 god's mercy, 218, 272, god's will, 12, 96, 98, 112, 202, 291 god's word, 35, 44, 45,

370, 373, 382 god's wrath, 66, 174, 182, 206, 209, 231 godhead, 42 gomorrah, 279, 381 good works, 14, 16, 20, 23, 24, 29, 43, 44, 51,

54, 57, 59, 63, 66, 70, 81, 124, 146, 162, 163, 371, 378 goodness, 53, 54, 56, 354, 376 goodness of god, 75, 124, 125, 242 gospel, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7,

13, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 37, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 66, 67, 76, 78, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 97, 103,

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76, 105, 112, 154, 224, 361, 373, 379 grace, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54,

55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 63, 68, 70, 75, 79, 83, 95, 98, 104, 106, 109, 110, 371, 373, 375, 377 grace alone, 269 grace of god, 53, 70,

314, 360, 373 graves, 141, 176 greece, 235 greek, 199, 288 guilt, 13, 23, 33, 36, 340, 376, 382 happiness, 189, 332 harlot, 218, 221 hatred, 19, 48, 63, 179 heart, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 39, 41, 42, 43, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61, 63, 66, 67, 72, 73, 74,

77, 80, 81, 82, 87, 91, 93, 95, 97, 104, 107, 377, 378, 379, 381 heathen, 84, 90, 106, 378, 380 heathenism, 314 heaven, 14, 15, 16, 17,

19, 24, 26, 31, 34, 42, 79, 81, 87, 89, 90, 93, 95, 101, 103, 108, 109, Listings May Include Partial Matches Page Numbers Refer to PDF Page Numbers

Still Waters Revival Books 364, 368 heavenly, 24, 89, 90, 311, 318, 368 hebrew, 53, 94, 143, hebrews, 53, 143, 242 hell, 28, 65, 69, 74, 75,

81, 110, 124, 125, 147, 368, 369, 378 hell fire, 369 heresies, 236 heresy, 81, 236, 298 heretic, 38, 74, 81, 84, 85, 151, 211, 303, 329,

358, 364 hero, 241, 280, 282, 283, 290, 299 high places, 155 history, 24, 38, 50, 353, 355 holiday, 61 holiness, 10, 16, 33,

288, 354 holy, 7, 10, 12, 13, 17, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 39, 41, 44, 50, 358, 363, 364 holy ghost, 167, 182, 285, 353 holy law, 10 holy place, 350, 358 holy scripture, 44, 170 holy spirit, 7, 23, 34,

41, 93, 106, 167, 168, 318, 358 home, 49, 51, 79, 118, 370, 372 honesty, 302, 312 hope, 6, 10, 25, 38, 48, 53, 54, 57, 71, 75, 86,

370, 376, 377 hort, 14, 17, 25, 30, 31, 37, 44, 45, 65, 66, 84, 89, 90, 102, 105, 119, 372, 380 house, 11, 57, 79, 99, 356, 358, 370 human invention, 166 human law, 6, 148 human nature, 127,

231, 280, 288, 289 human right, 205, 206, 303, 314 human tradition, 125, hume, 4 humility, 2, 145, 146, hunt, 70 husband, 11, 118, 119,

129, 194, 225, 226 hypocrisy, 10, 23, 38, 41, 84, 165, 238, 300, hypocrite, 5, 9, 10, 23, 31, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 53, 71, 80, 236, 280,

369, 374 hypocrites, 9, 10, 23, 31, 33, 36, 53, 71, 236, 303, 369, 374 icon, 247 iconoclast, 247 idol, 9, 37, 74, 90, 94,

96, 152, 320, 354, 359 idolatrous, 152 idolatry, 9, 90, 94, 96, illuminati, 246, 337 illumination, 246, 337 image, 9, 58, 64, 124,

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88, 115, 122, 155, 214, 304, 314 invention, 166, 290 isaiah, 6, 33, 56, 121, 166, 181, 189, 333 israel, 8, 69, 74, 76, 150, 161, 259 jacob, 75, 152, 282, james, 52, 58, 59, 208 jealous god, 11, 92, jehovah, 8, 34, 61, 80,

99, 122, 149, 152, 181, 190, 282, 381 jeremiah, 33, 67, 302, jerome, 290, 362, 364 jerusalem, 4, 36, 47, 49, 50, 57, 216, 217,

359, 381, 382 jesus, 4, 5, 14, 17, 34, 47, 50, 69, 85, 87, 128, 361, 368, 381 jesus christ, 14, 69, 87, 316, 341, 342, 346 jew, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 23,

28, 31, 38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 74, 82, 84, 85, 86, 361, 365, 382 jewish, 2, 28, 38, 39, 40, 233, 282, 291, 350, 351, 352, 355, 359 job, 96, 97, 130, 131 jonah, 239 jordan, 50 josiah, 278 joy, 9, 13, 19, 20, 21,

24, 25, 26, 28, 35, 38, 50, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 62, 63, 68, 79, 80, 93, 95, 96, 101, 119, 122, 378, 382 joyful, 20, 21, 26, 53,

376, 377 judaism, 84, 314, 352 jude, 256, 355, 356, judgement, 377 judges, 36, 82, 86, 154, judgment, 2, 6, 23, 32, 34, 36, 76, 86, 87, 92,

93, 97, 137, 157, 171, 381, 382 judgment day, 176, 321, 348 justice, 9, 35, 62, 81, 302, 306, 309, 357 justification, 360 king david, 262 king josiah, 278 king of babylon, 382 kingdom, 2, 17, 18, 23,

24, 25, 26, 35, 40, 66, 89, 90, 103, 104, 105, 367, 369, 376, 380 kingdom of god, 66, Listings May Include Partial Matches

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28, 36, 41, 48, 49, 53, 68, 69, 72, 74, 78, 80, 348, 354 knowledge of god, 69, lamb of god, 210 lamentations, 343 language, 196, 301, last day, 2, 133, 141, latin, 3, 26, 37, 88, 151 laud, 224, 333 law and gospel, 171 law of god, 20, 73, 84,

157, 163, 164, 165 lawful, 2, 137, 145, 150, 161, 280 lds, 41, 53, 57, 79, 94, 95, 100, 103, 107, 115, 320, 335, 345 leader, 148, 295, 304, letter, 3, 10, 12, 16, 53,

167, 173, 264, 270 liars, 13, 81, 306, 374 liberal, 372, 373 liberty, 273, 281, 284, light, 9, 20, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 37, 55, 78, 79,

361, 364, 373 little flock, 382 locke, 241, 326 lord jesus, 14, 34, 87, 342, 361 lord jesus christ, 14, 87, 221, 341, 342 lord's supper, 253 lordship, 154 love, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11,

12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65,

72, 75, 79, 80, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99, 106, 368, 370, 372, 376 love of god, 12, 157, 163, 176, 226, 332 lust, 20, 90, 94, 102, luther, 1, 3, 5, 13, 17,

18, 19, 21, 27, 31, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 71, 73, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 88, 91, 93, 97, 99, 101, 103,

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296, 303, 368, 369 malignant, 66 man of sin, 359 marriage, 2, 145, 153, martin luther, 1, 127, 294, 350 martyr, 27, 95, 215, martyrdom, 27 mass, 25, 27, 59, 61,

63, 78, 136, 148, 149, 365, 382 meaning, 37, 39, 45, 88, 148, 164, 181, 214, 317, 357 media, 17, 67, 68, 98, 369, 378, 382 mediator, 157, 178,

318, 333 mercy, 5, 9, 17, 21, 26, 40, 47, 50, 54, 55, 68, 74, 115, 116, 120, 122, 376, 377, 378, 380 mercy of god, 120 merit, 15, 16, 17, 33,

38, 51, 53, 54, 61, 63, 71, 114, 115, 116, 124, 326, 348, 349, 371 messiah, 281, 335 mind, 4, 8, 11, 12, 19, 20, 30, 31, 35, 74, 80,

90, 98, 112, 116, 143, 376, 377 minister, 18, 40, 41, 44, 154, 193, 199, 223, ministry, 44, 105, 108, 111, 211, 353 miracle, 2, 6, 47, 49,

50, 114, 115, 119, 120, 332, 334, 352, 356 misery, 15, 25, 39, 40, 60, 110, 112, 115, 123, 333, 377, 380 mission, 15, 34, 39, 57,

66, 323, 376 mocker, 130, 316, 344 money, 11, 13, 16, 42, 79, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 299, 326, 380 mortification, 246 mosaic law, 149 moses, 5, 8, 16, 28, 30,

33, 34, 36, 37, 73, 77, 86, 149, 150, 151, 161, 321, 375 movement, 142, 364 murder, 5, 12, 15, 21, 375, 382 murdering, 305 music, 29 mystery, 225, 229, 231 naked, 97, 193, 214,

86, 342, 359 nations, 19, 81, 84, 359, 366 natural man, 61, 120, 169, 175, 184 necessary, 44, 55, 56, 60, 62, 64, 69, 71, 74,

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96, 103, 249, 252 noah, 16, 80, 278 numbers, 260 oath, 94, 102, 103 obedience, 41, 63, 87, 293, 302, 325, 381 office, 5, 6, 7, 18, 41,

44, 62, 63, 76, 77, 105, 320, 359, 379, 380 old testament, 16, 149, 150, 249, 288 ordained, 171, 172, 291, 293, 307, 318 ordinance, 147, 148,

293, 314 ordinance of god, 293 organ, 224 orthodox, 253 outer darkness, 213, 217, 218 pagan, 341 pain, 16, 38, 40, 49, 76, 80, 108, 116, 117, papacy, 152, 171, 178, papist, 43, 48, 76, 124,

314, 341, 359 parable, 2, 5, 13, 14, 15, 33, 36, 44, 45, 101, 174, 176, 200 parent, 69, 117, 119, 291, 335, 360, 373 passion, 4, 15, 19, 20,

269, 272, 278 pastor, 311, 325, 373, patience, 13, 18, 87, 88, 113, 265, 270, 271 paul, 6, 17, 21, 31, 32, 34, 37, 44, 45, 46, 57,

59, 62, 64, 65, 66, 69, 75, 80, 83, 86, 87, 90, 358, 359, 361, 375 peace, 108, 111, 145, 327, 357 penance, 162 pentecost, 249, 265, perfect righteousness,

139, 182 perfection, 242, 255 perish, 15, 20, 21, 39, 94, 112, 160, 216, 220, 298, 320, 334 persecuted, 25, 39, 83, 355, 373, 374 persecution, 12, 17, 83,

295, 329, 374 persecutor, 33, 236, perversion, 60 pharisee, 2, 5, 9, 13, 27, 123, 145, 146, 147, 295, 305 philippians, 169 philosopher, 132 physic, 18, 179, 301, pietist, 303 piety, 55, 108, 198,

288, 303, 316 pleasure, 19, 20, 27, 30, 34, 63, 65, 76, 79, 95, 98, 99, 100, 134, 271, 362 poor, 10, 14, 15, 17, 20, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40,

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39, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 105, 168, 177, poverty, 12, 121, 164, 245, 333, 381 power, 2, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 23, 24, 31, 41,

45, 52, 55, 61, 71, 73, 76, 77, 85, 90, 91, 94, 95, 96, 101, 103, 106, 372, 375, 376, 379 power of god, 127, 128, 255, 292 praise, 2, 10, 12, 15,

23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 48, 49, 54, 63, 72, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 88, 92, 93, 115, 117, 125, 364, 365, 379, 380 pray, 13, 25, 31, 33,

34, 42, 51, 52, 53, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 67, 72, 73, 79, 87, 90, 98, 100, prayer, 31, 51, 52, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 72, 87,

90, 120, 139, 140, 149, 286, 331, 342, 370 preach, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 41, 46, 49, 50, 72, 77,

373, 379, 381 preach the word, 357 preacher, 5, 16, 17, 46, 77, 82, 99, 124, 162, preaching, 6, 17, 24, 25, 26, 32, 41, 49, 100,

370, 371, 381 preaching of god's word, 370 prelate, 374 pretended, 195, 372 priest, 4, 5, 16, 21, 22, 38, 39, 40, 47, 48, 49,

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370, 373, 380 professor, 3 property, 13, 20, 130, prophecies, 352 prophecy, 137, 353, prophet, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, prosperity, 286 protestant, 184, 295 psalm, 10, 25, 26, 34,

54, 79, 80, 116, 122, 272, 354 psalmist, 136 psalms, 25, 26, 34, 54, 129, 229 psalter, 63, 91, 106 publication, 263 publishing, 184 pulpit, 111, 253, 367,

372, 373, 381 punishment, 23, 73, 83, 367, 368 purgatory, 26, 42 quote, 285, 286 reading, 3, 45, 162, 204 reason, 15, 16, 27, 43,

54, 66, 67, 68, 71, 80, 96, 97, 98, 100, 108, 380, 382 rebellion, 293, 297, 298, 305 redeemer, 122, 321, 346, 377 redemption, 40, 138,

341, 376 reference, 3, 84, 132, 263, 335, 346, 357 reform, 16, 23, 147, 249, 278 regeneration, 220, 232 rejoice, 6, 7, 19, 27,

286, 314, 377 rejoicing, 7, 177, 287, religion, 303, 374 repent, 210, 235, 295, repentance, 210, 354 repented, 235, 295 restoration, 174, 261 resurrection, 2, 127,

320, 347, 368 revelation, 23, 24, 25, 159, 211 revolution, 282 reward, 41, 63, 86, 374, 379, 380 rich, 3, 4, 6, 26, 28, 36,

44, 50, 54, 56, 68, 69, 83, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 103, 105, 358, 372, 380 riches, 69, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 103, 105,

227, 240, 358 righteousness, 2, 5, 21, 29, 34, 39, 41, 59, 65, 89, 103, 104, 110, 111, 304, 314, 326 rites, 9, 10, 21, 23, 31,

33, 36, 53, 71, 77, 214, 362, 369, 374 ritual, 7, 24, 59, 63, 64, 65, 68, 80, 81, 84, 85, 88, 106, 114, 115, 120, Listings May Include Partial Matches

Page Numbers Refer to PDF Page Numbers Still Waters Revival Books 358, 359, 374 rock, 251, 252 roman emperors, 291 roman empire, 283 romans, 21, 86, 157,

298, 305, 357, 382 rome, 278, 283, 290, 362, 364, 375 rouse, 255, 368 sabbath, 2, 145, 146, 343, 350, 355, 356 sacrament, 138, 149,

337, 360 sacrament of the lord's supper, 253 sacraments, 149, 225, 236, 337 sacrifice, 12, 41, 79, 320, 352 sadducees, 156 sadness, 228 salvation, 24, 25, 26,

28, 32, 41, 44, 55, 59, 60, 64, 68, 70, 71, 110, samuel, 161 sanctification, 41, 171 sanctified, 181 sanction, 304 satan, 20, 35, 36, 41,

375, 377, 382 saul, 73, 75, 76, 191, savior, 17, 25, 69, 142, 339, 346, 358, 377 scandal, 57, 74 scandalous, 57 school, 60, 70, 111,

375, 379, 380, 381 scripture, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 19, 30, 36, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 52, 77, 90, 111, 118, 133, 134, sda, 102, 152 second table, 199 secret sin, 130 sectarian, 263 sects, 65, 95, 253, 260,

315, 317 secular, 264, 311, 312, sense, 5, 12, 19, 31, 32, 38, 39, 64, 69, 76, 90, 96, 97, 121, 127, 269, 271, 329, 354 separated, 72, 134,

224, 334, 338, 345 separation, 369, 377 sermon, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 23, 24, 29, 33, 42, 46, 47, 72, 88, 89, 105, session, 11, 28, 29, 39,

92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 105, 168, 177, 180, seventy weeks, 352 sex, 379, 380 shadow, 190, 206 shame, 5, 8, 10, 12, 17,

23, 29, 31, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, 74, 81, 87, 90, sharp, 17, 37, 251, 309 shedd, 175, 286, 333 shepherd, 17, 66, 366 sick, 6, 12, 14, 17, 18,

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74, 135, 136, 139, 175, 319, 322, 326, 333 sins, 2, 16, 18, 27, 33, 34, 40, 41, 73, 93, 94, 95, 124, 131, 135, 139, 358, 362, 371 slave, 95, 96, 97, 335 slavery, 95, 335 sodom, 279, 381 solomon, 89, 96, 102,

103, 219, 225 son of god, 74, 137, son of man, 151, 154, song of solomon, 219 soul, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 21, 24, 25, 30, 31,

52, 53, 54, 58, 65, 74, 93, 100, 106, 120, 123, 375, 377, 380 sovereign, 296 speak, 9, 10, 13, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 27, 29,

30, 32, 35, 38, 43, 44, 50, 56, 57, 62, 67, 69, 70, 71, 78, 79, 80, 81, 378, 379, 380 speech, 97, 142, 157, 213, 278, 287 spirit, 5, 6, 7, 23, 24,

28, 31, 33, 34, 37, 40, 41, 44, 57, 59, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 74, 75, 80, 81, 84, 85, 88, 93, 106, 358, 359, 367, 374 spirit of god, 157 spiritual, 7, 24, 59, 63,

64, 65, 68, 80, 81, 84, 85, 88, 106, 114, 115, 353, 358, 359, 374 spring, 35, 71, 90, 99, 184, 227, 243, 259 sprinkle, 215, 220 sprinkled, 215, 220 steward, 2 stress, 15, 37, 75, 115, strife, 78, 80 student, 372, 373, 375 study, 46, 63, 77, 100,

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44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 302, 307, 309 supernatural, 61 synagogue, 2, 217,

342, 343 tabernacle, 150 taxes, 292, 293 teachers, 37, 60, 65, 74, 102, 163, 188, 204, 297, 313, 314, 363 teaching, 5, 27, 28, 29,

30, 31, 32, 33, 39, 44, 45, 102, 105, 119, 133, 348, 370 tear, 60, 72, 110, 139, temper, 148 temple, 285, 320, 343, 358, 359 temptation, 31, 48, 66,

67, 68, 73, 75, 76, 90, 331, 340 ten commandments, 43, 178, 179, 199 terror, 33, 73, 74, 75, 349, 367, 368, 369 testimonies, 133 testimony, 154, 371 theft, 308 theologian, 241, 303 theology, 178 thessalonians, 87 through christ alone, timothy, 98, 100, 157 titus, 100, 216 tongue, 9, 11, 19, 35,

62, 64, 78, 104, 186, 317, 323 torture, 272 tradition, 125, 324, 325, 326 translation, 252 translator, 18 trial, 4, 34, 68, 75, 87,

280, 284, 286, 338 tribulation, 87, 286, 350, 355, 357, 360 trinity, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30,

32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90, 94, 96, 98, 100,

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97, 189, 235, 237, 263, 294, 341 true worship, 78, 79, 84 trumpets, 328, 343 trust, 9, 24, 25, 49, 51, 52, 53, 57, 60, 66, 74, truth, 10, 27, 36, 54, turks, 136, 209, 236,

378, 381, 382 tyranny, 26, 49, 281, tyrant, 148, 191, 292, 304, 374, 379 unchangeable, 175 uncleanness, 10, 94, ungodly, 129, 130, 186,

357, 368, 369 unity, 186, 193, 235, 236, 378 university, 3 usa, 4, 16, 36, 47, 49, 50, 57, 63, 81, 93, 177, 359, 364, 381, 382 uzza, 179 victory, 111, 137, 225,

285, 287, 382 virgin, 6, 43, 52, 65, 315, 319, 320, 352 virgin mary, 178, 315, virginity, 43 visions, 94 vocation, 153 vote, 12, 94, 193, 201, vow, 79, 86, 146, 152, warfare, 150 warne, 86, 105, 160,

186, 187, 356, 357 warning, 279, 351, 367 web, 382 wedding, 2, 213, 214, 237, 294, 369 white, 9, 59, 259, 317 whore, 292 wickedness, 10, 41, 93,

312, 378, 382 widow, 2, 114, 115, wife, 11, 65, 119, 122, 273, 274, 370 wine, 4, 5, 6, 16, 17, 288, 344, 375 wisdom, 15, 23, 28, 29,

30, 31, 39, 90, 91, 100, 331, 332, 344, 347 witness, 6, 28, 34, 200, women, 118, 129, 152, word of god, 6, 17, 49, 91, 105, 106, 125, 136,

377, 381 work, 3, 5, 6, 10, 13, 14, 16, 20, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54,

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27, 28, 29, 37, 40, 65, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 88, 90, 92, 380, 381, 382 worldly, 19, 92, 93, 95, 314, 360, 361, 379 worship, 9, 48, 78, 79,

84, 88, 90, 181, 209, 359, 364, 371 worship of god, 337 wrath, 32, 36, 40, 54, 66, 75, 86, 122, 134, 376, 380, 381, 382 wrath of god, 32, 36,

40, 134, 135, 136, 137, 355, 376, 381 young, 2, 101, 114, 343, 380 youth, 19, 122, 123, 142, 180, 219, 232 zeal, 45, 200, 251, 252,

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