is grasped by those who can see and receive insight.”22 One should note in passing, however, that for Faber the true literal sense is the “spiritual,” while for Luther it is here called the “prophetical.”23 In order to get a better hold on what exactly Luther means by “literal” (and hence “prophetical”) in his preface, we may lastly draw on his examples of how he would speak of Christ as the subject matter throughout Psalms 1; 2 and 3. With reference to the “literal,” Luther includes the following
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