Luther’s Works, Volume 4 (Biblia.com)

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In this volume, Luther ends his biography of Abraham (begun in Volume 2) and begins his focus on the later patriarchal narratives. Written, it is believed, during an outbreak of the plague in 1539, this section of the Genesis lectures includes Luther's moving study of the Abraham and Isaac story in which he compares Isaac's obedience to that of Christ.

heart will put these annoyances out of sight and will look at the Word and the will of God. There he will see that whatever other kinds of life there may be, he is leading the kind that pleases God, and that he has entered upon it at God’s command. The whole world has nothing better, more precious, or nobler than the church, in which the voice of God is heard and God is worshiped with true forms of worship, that is, with faith, invocation, patience, obedience, etc. Yet the church is so hidden from

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