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by passing circumstances immediately expressed like other thoughts , as they were now by the man who was wont to let his full soul overflow into his discourse . He was led on by the suggestions of those about him , especially by one of mild manners and graceful countenance , whom he addressed by the name of Philip . This Philip , whom Liese ascertained to be Melancthon , observed upon the refreshing coolness of the open air , in contrast with the crowded church .
• Even so / said Luther , does God lead us from one scene of his grace to another . * When we entered the church , we thought it a good exchange for the crowded streets ; and now we like the stillness of an arbour better than a choir of singers , and yon speckled sky better than the roof that man built up . Yet it was grace that thronged the streets , and grace that hallowed the worship ; and it is grace that breathes this coolness over our bodies , and the content that Philip speaks of into our spirits . Thus grace is everywhere , whether there be preaching or no / 4 , indeed , preaches wherever there is grace , * replied Melancthon , ' but men do not know or heed . ' There , ' said Luther , pointing to some kine that entered from the pasture field into an enclosure near , — there go our preachers ; there are our rnilk-bearers , butter-bearers , cheese-bearers , which do daily preach to us faith towards God as our loving father , who careth for us and will nourish us . ' Then God's preaching has endured as long / observed Melancthon , ' even backward down to Adam , as Christ ' s preaching shall endure forward , even when we shall say ' Amen" at heaven ' s gate . '
• Aye , ' said Luther ; ' and God will go on at the same time preaching in the old strain , that will never be worn out till this world is worn out . As David heard and made answer , " Thou madest man to have dominion over the work of thy hands / ' so we hear and answer , " He hath created all things sufficient for us . All the seas are our cellars , all I he woods are our huntings , the earth is full of silver and gold and of innumerable fruits , which are created all for our sakes ; the earth is a granary and a larder for us , and he who provided all these put it into the hearts of men and women to help one another to the benefit of them . " So go we in to supper , and try whether there is not grace at the board as well /
As the party left the garden , Helena whispered to Liese , * Father Gottfried saw cattle come home to be milked , and his lattice looked westward , and he hastened to the refectory , yet he never bid us be thankful for the kine , or praise the sunset , or carry our religion to our repast / * Because rather Gottfried did not see that the Gospel had anything to do with these things . He taught us to take the
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246 Liese ' ; or , the Progress of Worshi p *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1832, page 246, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1810/page/30/
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