16 March 2022

Luther

Now in all things which concern the body we ought to give our will to God, for, as St. Paul says, we do not know how to pray…. But where the eternal and not the temporal good is concerned, namely, that God keeps us by His Word, sanctifies us, forgives our sins, and bestows upon us the Holy Ghost and eternal life, there God’s will is certain and manifest… Therefore, in such a case, it is not necessary to say ‘Not my will, but Thine be done.’—Sermon, 1545

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