# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Mai 1860_S136
# AI translation — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

136 How the Simple, and Especially the Sick, Are to Be Instructed in Christianity, etc.

...the renewal of the Holy Spirit and incorporation into a share in the death and resurrection of Christ, is imparted, conveyed, and given, alongside the Word, through this outward sign of baptizing, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit; and thereafter through his Supper, in which Christ, before his final end, before he dies for us all, makes us a testament — namely, in that he assigns to us and to all who believe in him forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation, and gives us thereupon his body, which is given for us, and his blood, which is shed for us, in which our sin is atoned for and our death, hell, and damnation are paid for — and this in bread and wine; so that, as we are sinners in both parts, namely body and soul, we should likewise become partakers, in this venerable sacrament, of the payment and satisfaction in the suffering, dying, bloodshed, and descent into hell of our LORD Jesus Christ, both for our body and soul, so that we may indeed believe and become certain that we are those for whom Christ has died, suffered, descended into hell, atoned for sin, and risen again, and be assured and confirmed of this through this sacrament.

(Because of the lack of understanding among the common people, and the ineptitude of many pastors, Myconius now condenses the above into the following questions.)

1. Do you believe and confess from the bottom of your heart that there is one, eternal, true, almighty God, who has created heaven, earth, and all that is in them, and still sustains it to this hour? —There let him say: Yes.

2. Do you also confess that he has dealt with you up to this hour, and will continue to do so until your end, not only as a mighty, almighty God, but also as a faithful, gracious God and Father — namely, that he has given you body and soul, reason and senses; has created heaven and earth and every creature for your good, and has sustained them until now and let them serve you this long time; has richly given you food, drink, clothing, shoes, house and home, and everything that we need, according to our necessity; and has, besides, overlooked much sin and shame, wickedness and disobedience in you for your good; indeed has also protected you from much misfortune into which you would otherwise have fallen and come; and has graciously helped you out of much dreadful, grievous misfortune and misery? — There let him say: Yes, I confess this.

3. Do you also confess that it would have been fitting and right for you, in return, to fear, honor, and love such a kind, gracious Creator and Father above all things, with your whole heart, with your whole soul, with all your strength, and with your whole mind and all your ability, and to have kept what he commands and left undone what he forbids; and, for his sake, to have had patience also with your neighbor, to have loved him as yourself, to have done him all good, and to have spared him all evil? Would not God have deserved this of you? — There let him say: LORD God, indeed I ought to have done so.