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Stump, Joseph

"An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism"


_Who is it, then, that receives this Sacrament worthily?_
_Ans._ Fasting and bodily preparation are indeed a good external
discipline; but he is truly worthy and well prepared who believes these
words, "given and shed for you, for the remission of sins." But he who
does not believe these words, or who doubts, is unworthy and unfit: for
the words: "FOR YOU," require truly believing hearts.
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MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER.
_In the plain form in which it is to be taught by the head of a family_.
MORNING.
PP _In the Morning, when thou risest, thou shalt say:_
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.
PP _Then, kneeling or standing, thou shalt say the_ Apostles' Creed _and
the_ Lord's Prayer.
PP _Then mayest than say this Prayer_:
I give thanks unto Thee, Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ Thy dear
Son, that Thou hast protected me through the night from all danger and
harm; and I beseech Thee to preserve and keep me this day also, from all
sin and evil; that in all my thoughts, words, and deeds, I may serve and
please Thee.


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