Here some men say, “How then could I bring my children into society and make proper marriage settlements? I must make some show.” Tell me, are not these the words of a heart which doubts God and trusts more in its own providing than in God’s care? Yet St. Peter teaches and says, “Cast all your care on him and be certain he cares for you” [I Pet. 5:7]. It is a sign that they have never yet thanked God for their children, have never yet rightly prayed for them, have never yet commended them to him. Had they done so, they would have known from their own experience that they should also ask God to settle the marriage of their children and wait upon his guidance. Because they do not do this, he just lets them go their own way, bringing cares and worries on themselves; and even then they do not order their lives well. (Luther’s Works, v. 44 p.84-85).