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This volume includes selections from the Christmas Postil, specifically sermons on the Gospel lessons for Christmas Eve, the Early Christmas Service, St. Stephen’s Day, the Sunday after Christmas, New Year’s Day, and the Festival of the Epiphany.

not merely say: “Let us go and see,” but they actually go. Indeed, they do more than what they express in their words; for the text says: “They came with haste.” This is a great deal more than ordinary walking, as they had agreed to do. Thus faith and love always do more than they say and their works are in every respect alive, active, and overflowing. Thus a Christian should be sparing with his words but rich in his deeds, as he certainly will be, if he is a true Christian. If he does not act in
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