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, showing by example, how they can be meditated and contemplated. This is done in a manner of four stranded

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. The four strands consist of:A Simple Way to Pray
by Rev. Matthew L.G. Zickler, Lutheranreformation.org *Instruction *Thanksgiving *Confession of sins *Prayer petitions

Original German text

* WA 38:359-375

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