The words of God are foolish to men and of no weight. For if they esteemed them as precious, wise, and good, they would undoubtedly not have thus disdained them. They can indeed say that they love and esteem the Word of God, but they deny it by their deeds. They can also say that they hate the world and regard it as nothing, but they approve of it by their deeds. For when they reach out all day and night for those things that are of the world, yes, week after week, but do not reach out for the Word of God on a festival day, it is plainly evident that “they do not rejoice but sicken at Your words,” like the Jews in the wilderness, who found many things lacking and no spoils. And this is a clear demonstration that the world is the image of hell and a model and forerunner of the damned, yes, like the lodging of the devil and ungodliness, which consistently ignores the Word of God and its immeasurable benefits and does not see them and most basely despises them. (Luther’s Works, v. 11, p.519)