PREFACE.

ly life also to practice.

Merely knowing Christianity and speaking of its foundations does not make one a Christian, but is the same as being a Jew, or even a PhariseeIn the New Testament, Pharisees are often portrayed as religious leaders who strictly followed the letter of the law but were criticized by Jesus for hypocrisy.; of whom it is said that they possessed and taught the Laworiginal: "Wet"; referring to the religious and moral laws found in the Hebrew Bible., but none of them followed it, and were therefore judged by that law. In the same way, and with even greater severity, shall the Christian be judged by the words of Christ.

To speak well and not to act is to be judged by one's own mouth, like the evil servantA reference to a parable in the Gospel where a servant is punished for failing to fulfill his master's expectations. in the Gospeloriginal: "Evangelium"; the record of Jesus' life and teaching.. To believe that there is a God and a Christ, without anything more, is to be like Satanoriginal: "den satan", who believes the same; and often it is even worse. For there are many who say they believe yet do not tremble, but Satan not only believes, he trembles as well.

One can say with truth, in these extremely corrupt times—not only of Jews and Heathens, but also of those called Christians—that there is little faith and fear of God on earth, and