# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_November 1857_S324
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324 On the Use of Church History for Preaching.

2. Holding fast to the right doctrine (vv. 12, 13): patience — obedience — faith.

d. On Psalm 46. The preservation of the benefits of the Reformation from the death of Dr. Luther down to our own time.

B.

a. On Psalm 74:1-12. The time before the Reformation, a wretched time. A depiction of the misery therein according to the chief parts of the Catechism (see Part I, Question 29), or on 2 Thessalonians 2. The time of Antichrist.

b. On the same Gospel. The time of the Reformation, a wonderful time:

1. With respect to the restoration of the right doctrine, and

2. With respect to the judgment upon all false doctrine.

c. On the Gospel, vv. 9-13. The time of the Reformation, a time rich in warnings against all seduction and in encouragement to steadfastness.

d. On Psalm 46. The time after the Reformation; as under A. d.

C.

a. On Psalm 12:6. The great distress of the Church before the Reformation:

1. How the Church came into such distress.

2. How great this distress was (compare B. a.).

3. How long this distress lasted.

b. On the same Gospel. The great help which God showed to His Church through the Reformation.

1. How He did this (history).

2. In what this help consisted (doctrine). Here too the parts of the Catechism may be laid as the foundation.

c. On Psalm 46. The help of God which He showed to His Church after the Reformation, from 1546 to 1580.

d. On the same text, or on Deuteronomy 31:16-29, Judges 2:8-12, Psalm 129:1. The continuation from 1580 down to our own time.

D.

a. On 2 Thessalonians 2. The falling away from the pure doctrine as the chief corruption in the papacy.

b. On the same Gospel. The restoration of the pure doctrine as the chief benefit of the Reformation:

1. The history of this restoration (v. 6).

2. The chief articles of the pure doctrine (vv. 7, 8) according to the first three chief parts.

3. The victory of the pure doctrine over all papal and other errors (vv. 9-13).

c. On the same Gospel, vv. 12, 13. The good which the pure doctrine has brought about:

1. The patient endurance of all manner of tribulation (persecution, martyrdom, etc.).