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In this compassionate sense, Luther also depicts angels as a human‘s companion, or friend. 149 144 Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 31-37, LW 6, 92. 145 Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 21-25, LW 4, 63. , 67. 147 Luther, Martin, ―Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 26-30‖ ed. Jaroslav Pelikan, vol. 5 of Luther’s Works (Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1968), 62. 148 149 Luther is referring to Queen Mary of Hungary. Martin Luther, ―Selected Psalms III,‖ ed. Jaroslav Pelikan, vol. 14 of Luther's Works (Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1958), 210.

Hans Hillerbrand, vol. 52 of Luther’s Works (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1974), 30. 159 Wagner, 42. 160 Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 15-20, LW 3, 219-220. 161 Sermons II, LW. 52, 24-25. 162 Martin Luther, ―How Christians Should Regard Moses,‖ in Word and Sacrament I, ed. E. Theodore Bachmann, vol. 35 of Luther’s Works (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1974), 163. 163 Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 21-25, LW 4, 122-123. 164 In Luther‘s view, angels are nearby, and prepared to be God‘s messengers at any moment.

142 Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 31-37, LW 6, 92. 143 Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 21-25, LW 4, 265. ‖144 In order for the defense to be most powerful, the human must first correctly understand its source. Besides defending humans from evil, angels also serve as comforters to those in struggle. 146 To emphasize to believers that they are under God‘s protection, Luther writes, ―the godly should comfort themselves in this manner: ‗I know that I have guardian angels; but that I have to bear some misfortune, this I leave to the will of God.

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