(elsewhere termed the “political use” or “temporal use”). This usus politicus—enforced by the state, preached and supported by the church—“has its own glory and reward in life here among humans, but not before God” (WA 39/1:441). Continuing his commentary on Gal. 3:19, Luther clarifies: “The other use of the Law is the theological or spiritual one, which serves to increase transgressions. This is the primary purpose of the Law of Moses, that through it sin might grow and be multiplied, especially