"So great a thing is faith when God reveals Himself through a promise and hearts embrace this promise seriously. This very promise, “I shall be your God,” sounds forth continually in the church. Therefore the prophets and apostles diligently meditated on it and splendidly elucidated it in their sermons. They taught that this life should be devoted to the service of one’s neighbor, in order that as many as possible may be brought to the knowledge of God. And if some hardship is encountered, the hope of deliverance should be retained, and the name of the Lord be called upon. For inasmuch as He has promised to be the God of those who believe in Him, eternal joy and life will follow the miseries of this earthly life."
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