A Preface to All Good Hymn-Books.
                      by Martin Luther, 1483-1546
                                      Text From:
                    THE HYMNS OF MARTIN LUTHER
        (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883), p. 1



        A Warning by Dr. Martin Luther.

        False masters now abound, who songs indite;
        Beware of them, and learn to judge them right:
        Where God builds up his Church and Word, hard by
        Satan is found with murder and a lie.

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        Notes:
        Poem by: Martin Luther
        Entitled: A Warning by Dr. Martin Luther.
        From: Joseph Klug's Hymn-Book
        Published in: Wittenberg, 1543; Leizig, 1545
        Translated by: Richard Massie
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