[2] Thus on Monday and Tuesday mornings there should be a lesson inGerman on the Ten Commandments, the Creed and the Lord's Prayer, on Baptismand the Sacrament; so that on these two days the Catechism may be kept up andgrasped in its proper sense. On Wednesday morning a lesson in German, forwhich is appointed the Gospel of St. Matthew. The day is to be kept speciallyfor this Gospel : for Matthew is a fine evangelist to teach the people by,and he relates Christ's good Sermon on the Mount, and makes much of thepractice of love and good works. But the evangelist John, who teaches faithwith special force, should also have his own day-Saturday afternoon atVespers. And so we have two Evangelists in daily use. On Thursday and Fridaymornings there are the daily lessons week by week of the Apostolic Epistlesand the rest of the New Testament. This makes sufficient provision forlessons and preaching, to set the Word of God going, except it be forlectures in the Universities to the learned.
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