“Therefore,
the second work of this commandment ['You shall not take the name of
the Lord your God in vain'] is to be on one's guard, to flee from and
avoid all temporal honor and praise, and never to seek a name for
oneself, or fame and a great reputation, so that everyone may sing
your praises and talk about you. This is an exceedingly dangerous
sin, yet the most common of all, and unfortunately too little
attention is paid to it.” Martin Luther, Treatise on Good
Works, LW, AE, 44:42
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