they both were helped and came forward.


Of God's Goodness, if we could but trust unto him.

Once, towards evening, came flying into Luther's garden two birds,
and made a nest therein, but they were oftentimes scared away by
those that passed by. Then said Luther, O ye loving pretty birds!
fly not away; I am heartily well contented with you, if ye could but
trust unto me. Even so it is with us: we neither can trust in God,
who, notwithstanding, showeth and wisheth us all goodness.


That God made all Things for Mankind.

God's power is great, said Luther, who holdeth and nourisheth the
whole world, and maintaineth it; and it is a hard article where we
say and acknowledge, "I believe in God the Father." He hath created
all things sufficiently for us. All the seas are our cellars, all
woods are our huntings; the earth is full of silver and gold, and of
innumerable fruits, which are created all for our sakes, and the
earth is a corn-house and a larder for us, etc.


That God's creatures are used, or rather abused, for the most part
by the Ungodly.

The wicked and ungodly, said Luther, do enjoy and use the most part
of God's creatures; for the tyrants have the greatest power, lands,
and people in the world; the usurers have the money; the farmers