THE PRECIOUS AND SACRED WRITINGS OF
MARTIN LUTHER
The Hero of the Reformation,
the Greatest of the Teuton Church Fathers,
and the Father of Protestant Church Literature
BASED ON THE KAISER CHRONOLOGICAL EDITION
WITH REFERENCE TO THE ERLANGEN AND WALCH EDITIONS
EDITED BY
JOHN NICHOLAS LENKER, D.D.
IN CONNECTION WITH LEADING SCHOLARS
OF ALL PARTS OF THE CHURCH
LUTHERANS IN ALL LANDS CO.,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., U.S.A.
1904
LUTHER ON THE CREATION
A CRITICAL AND DEVOTIONAL
COMMENTARY ON GENESIS
BASED ON DR. HENRY COLE'S TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN.
REVISED, ENLARGED, PARTS RETRANSLATED AND EDITED IN COMPLETE FORM
BY
JOHN NICHOLAS LENKER, D.D.
PROFESSOR OF OLD TESTAMENT EXEGESIS,
AUTHOR OF "LUTHERANS IN ALL LANDS" AND
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LUTHERAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
VOL. I.
LUTHERANS IN ALL LANDS CO.,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., U.S.A.
1904
COPYRIGHT, 1904,
BY
PROF. J. N. LENKER, D.D.
CONTENTS
TO
L
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W
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NGLISH
OF
L
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"D
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OF
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(1544)
OF
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ASIL
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ABER
(1557)
OF
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(1739)
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