Ein einfeltige weyse zu betten für einen gutten freundt

and if they were to pray for a thousand years in this way, they would still not have tasted or prayed a single letter or tittle of it. In short, the Pater noster Our Father is the greatest martyr on earth, as is the name and word of God. For everyone plagues it and misuses it; few find comfort and joy in its right use.

However, when I have time and space for the Pater noster, I do the same with the Ten Commandments. I take one piece after another, so that I may become entirely free (as much as is possible) for prayer. I make of each commandment a fourfold or a four-ply twisted little wreath. That is, I take each commandment first as a teaching, as it is in itself, and think