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 1 Pref |          Bible, and pray the Lord's Prayer for themselves and their~
 2 Pref | Commandments, the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, the Psalms,~etc. And I
 3 Pref2|                        Thirdly. THE PRAYER, OR "OUR FATHER," WHICH
 4    1 |            as we pray in the Lord's Prayer. ~Thus you have the sum
 5    1 |           the Creed, and the Lord's~Prayer, and thus direct our whole
 6    1 |             according to the Lord's~Prayer, forgive and show pity;
 7    1 |      Apostles' Creed and the Lord's Prayer must come to our aid~(as
 8    1 |           it by calling upon Him in prayer, praise, and thanksgiving,
 9    2 |            the Creed nor the Lord's~Prayer. But before we explain this
10    3 |                      Part Third. OF PRAYER. ~
11    3 |                          The Lord's Prayer. ~We have now heard what
12    3 |        before we explain the Lord's Prayer part by part, it is most~
13    3 |         exhort and incite people to prayer, as Christ and~the apostles
14    3 |          nothing else than to pray. Prayer is therefore as strictly
15    3 |           God heeds or will~hear my prayer? If I do not pray, some
16    3 |         there is no duty or need of prayer, because we reject false~
17    3 |        would keep and~deter us from prayer. For just as it would be
18    3 |             or leave it undone, but prayer shall and must be offered
19    3 |         does not wish or desire our prayer, because we are~sinners
20    3 |            by any means despise his prayer,~but rather set great store
21    3 |        matter what he has to say in~prayer, should always come before
22    3 |             no means to despise our prayer. For hitherto it has~been
23    3 |            not. But that is staking prayer on a risk, and~murmuring
24    3 |          and therefore it is a lost prayer. For we~allow such thoughts
25    3 |        Therefore you should say: My prayer is as precious, holy, and
26    3 |           since God does not regard prayer on~account of the person,
27    3 |           all the saints rest their~prayer I, too, rest mine. Moreover
28    3 |           not intend to answer your prayer, He would not~bid you pray
29    3 |             His [own] word that our prayer is heartily pleasing to
30    3 |             be incited and drawn to prayer because in~addition to this
31    3 |      arranges the words and form of prayer for us, and places them~
32    3 |           may never doubt that such~prayer is pleasing to Him and shall
33    3 |         answered; which [the~Lord's Prayer] is a great advantage indeed
34    3 |            Hence there is~no nobler prayer to be found upon earth than
35    3 |          upon earth than the Lord's Prayer which we~daily pray because
36    3 |          not, it cannot be called a prayer. ~Therefore we have rightly
37    3 |         where there is to be a true prayer there must be earnestness.
38    3 |            to call and cry out then prayer will be made spontaneously,
39    3 |             set forth in the Lord's Prayer. Therefore it is to serve~
40    3 |            lest we become remiss in prayer. For we all have enough
41    3 |         become daily more unfit for prayer; which is just what the
42    3 |           and harm it does him when prayer is in proper~practice. For
43    3 |      shelter and protection~rest in prayer alone. For we are far too
44    3 |             Gospel, except that the prayer of a few~godly men intervened
45    3 |         themselves and the devil by prayer~alone, if we only persevere
46    3 |             first of all,~to esteem prayer as something great and precious,
47    3 |           For we by no~means reject prayer, but the bare, useless howling
48    3 |         clearly treat of the Lord's Prayer. Here~there is comprehended
49    3 |        Christian. For~since in this prayer we call God our Father,
50    3 |         great need there is of such prayer. For because we~see how
51    3 |        comes of itself, without our prayer, yet we pray~nevertheless
52    3 |           and let this be our first prayer;~then, indeed, we shall
53    3 |            kingdom come without our prayer, so also His~will must be
54    3 |             such will of God. ~Such prayer, then, is to be our protection
55    3 |            might~indeed make a long prayer, and with many words enumerate
56    3 |          were in his power, and our prayer (next to~God) did not prevent
57    3 |         this petition in the Lord's Prayer~be against them.~
58    3 |         without and even before our prayer (for He has given us the~
59    3 |     consider himself and place this prayer before his eyes,~and he
60    3 |   conscience to stand before Him in prayer. For~where the heart is
61    3 |             which accords with this prayer, Luke 6, 37: Forgive, and
62    3 |            it soon after the~Lord's Prayer, and says, Matt. 6,14: For
63    3 |             take hold of the Lord's Prayer, and thus speak to God from
64    3 |           follow~without check. But prayer can prevent him and drive
65    3 |         entire substance of all our~prayer is directed against our
66    3 |            we do not doubt that our prayer is surely heard and [what
67    3 |         faith, there cannot be true prayer either. ~It is, therefore,
68    3 |             boast that God hears my prayer? For I am but a poor~sinner,
69    3 |          not in any way despise our prayer. ~
70    4 |           the Creed, and the Lord's Prayer out~of his head, but they
71    5 |            Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Creed retain~their
72    5 |          with the fist. Fasting and prayer, etc., may indeed be an~
73    5 |           the Creed, and the Lord's Prayer might be the more~easily