Ein einfeltige weyse zu betten für einen gutten freundt

One who thinks of many things thinks of nothing, and also does nothing good. How much more does prayer want to have the heart unified, whole, and alone, if it is to be a good prayer.

That is said briefly about the Vatter vnnser Our Father or Lord's Prayer or prayer, as I myself am accustomed to pray. For even today I still suck on the Pater noster Our Father like a child, and drink and eat from it like an old man, and I cannot get enough of it. To me, it is even better than the Psalter (which I nevertheless love very much) and is the very best prayer of all. Truly, it is evident that the right Master referring to Jesus Christ composed and taught it. And it is a misery above all miseries that such a prayer, by such a Master, should be so babbled and rattled through without any devotion in all the world. Many perhaps pray thousands of Pater nosters in a year,