“If I were to write about the burdens of the preacher as I have [74] experienced them and know them, I would scare everybody off. For a good preacher must be committed to this, that nothing is dear to him than Christ and the life to come, and that when this life is gone Christ will say to you, 'Come to me, son. [You have been my dear and faithful servant.]'” Tabletalk, Dietrich #453, early 1543, LW, AE, 54:73-74
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