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Written around 1350 by an anonymous author, this is a simple yet profound book about life in God as it translates into life in the world. This translation was based on Luther’s German edition of 1518.

Four kinds of people deal with order, command, and rule in four different ways. Some lead an ordered life neither for God’s sake nor out of a particular personal desire, but simply because they are compelled. They do the least possible and it all turns sour and burdensome for them. Another group observes laws and rules for the sake of reward. That is, people who know nothing beyond this perspective and fancy that one can and will in this and no other way obtain and earn the kingdom of heaven and
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