remain with him everlastingly?


That God will be praised in all Languages.

"All that hath breath, praise the Lord," saith the Psalm; thence it
followeth that in all and every language, speeches, and tongues we
should preach and praise the Lord. Why then, said Luther, have the
Pope and the Emperor forbidden to sing and pray in the German
tongue?


That God is willing we should make use of his Creatures.

Our loving Lord God is willing that we eat, drink, and be merry, and
make use of his creatures, for therefore he hath created them. He
will not have that we should complain, as if he had not given
sufficient, or that he could not maintain our poor carcases; only
that we do acknowledge him for our God, and thank him for his gifts.


That God fills the Bellies of the Ungodly, but he gives the Kingdom
of Heaven to the Good and Godly.

We believe, said Luther, that God will give to us no better things
than he giveth to the rich ungodly wretches in this world, to whom
he gives an overplus, and the fill of good wine, money, wealth,
power, honour, and all things that they would have or can desire.
But the best wealth and treasure, which they do not desire, he
denies them, namely, himself. But he that hath not God, let him