and free mind that serves the neighbor willingly and takes no account of gratitude or ingratitude, of praise or blame, of gain or loss.”19 Luther noted how Hebrews 11 teaches that “faith holds on and refuses to doubt simply because it cannot see.” Such faith clings to God in spite of appearances and against experience. Such was David’s faith, Luther goes on to say: believers learn to trust on the basis of the Word but also from the examples of others. “David speaks with certainty and power [in Ps.