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SynopsisExcerpt from Luther's Commentary on the First Twenty-Two Psalms, Vol. 1: Based on Dr. Henry Cole's Translation From the Original Latin; Revised, Enlarged, Parts Retranslated and Edited in Complete Form Dear reader, do you realize that the most precious gift of our heavenly Father to us, his children, is in the form of a book? In that book God has given us all that we need; outside of it he has promised us nothing. We are indebted alone to the goodness of God that we are able to read and that we have something really good to read. Through his servant Moses, God commanded the Israelites to preserve the book of the law in the ark of God and put it under the care of the Levites. It grew until it became our Bible, which means books or scriptures or writings. The Protestant-Teutonic nations appropriately called it the Word of God or God's Word, (in German Gottes Wort; in Scandinavian Gud's Ord). See Gen. 5:1; Exod. 17:14; 24:7; Num. 5:23; Deut. 17:18; 28:58; Josh. 8:34; 2 Kings 22:8-16; Neh. 8: 1-18; Ecc. 12:12; Ezek. 2:9; Rev. 5:1-10; 22:7-19. The Bible Is The Divine Library. Really the Bible is not only a book, it is a collection of 66 books, 39 books in the Old and 27 in the New Testament. Moses, the first divine writer, was also the first librarian of a library of five books, called the five books of Moses. It was larger than many think. Thus we see the idea of the library as well as that of the book is divine in its origin. To these five volumes by Moses, Joshua and Samuel added others. To the historical department was added the poetical by David and Solomon, and then followed the prophetical by Isaiah, Jeremiah and others. Under the new dispensation the word of God continued to be written, collected and preserved in the Gospels, the Acts, the Epistles and Revelation. God used 40 different holy men during the long period of 1600 years to write this divine book or library. He alone gathered it, and He alone has preserved it. To His name alone be the praise! Since the Canon closed, the Holy Spirit has been in the church working through the Word of God, so that "of making many books there is no end" is true in our day as it was already in the time of Solomon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Excerpt from Luther's Commentary on the First Twenty-Two Psalms, Vol. 1: Based on Dr. Henry Cole's Translation From the Original Latin; Revised, Enlarged, Parts Retranslated and Edited in Complete Form But, most illustrious Prince, neither of these Ino tives answer my design. For, in the first place, I am aware that none of the productions which proceed from me, deserve a patron and so far, it is a happiness that I know my deficiency. And, even if I could pro duce that which should be worthy of the sanction of a patron's name, yet I should by no means be anxious to put it under a patron's protection. Nay, as soon as i learnt from the Holy Scriptures, how terror-filled and perilous a matter it was to preach publicly in the church of God, and to speak in the midst of those whom you know will one day be your judges, and that in the pre sence of God the beholder of all things, in the sight of angels, and in the sight and hearing of all creatures, there was nothing that I So much desired as Silence, wishing also, that a sponge could deface all that ever I: had in my poor foolish way published abroad. For it is a momentous and awe-striking matter to render an ac count unto God even for every idle word. Nor does he now keep me in the ministry of the Word, but by an overruled Obedience to a will above my own, that is, his divine will: for, as to my own will, it always shrunk from it, nor is it fully reconciled unto into this hour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.