“Now,
therefore, let me describe in order four groups of people. The first
are those whose entire interest is in the words of this sacrament, so
that they feed their faith; they receive the bread and wine with the
body and blood of Christ as a sure sign of that word and faith. These
are the most secure and the best. They probably seldom descend so low
as to bother themselves about worshiping and adoring, for they pay
attention to the work God does to them and forget about the works
they do for the sacrament.
The
second group are those who exercise the right sort of faith, and then
descended to their own works and worship Christ spiritually in the
sacrament. That is, they bow inwardly with their hearts and confess
him as their Lord, who does all things within them; and they prove
their inward worship by outwardly bowing, bending, and kneeling with
the body.” Martin Luther, The Adoration of the Sacrament,
LW, AE, 36:296
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