Tradition must give way to the clear statements of the Scripture

For Thou, O God, didst widen my heart,                but they straiten it with affliction                and hedge me about with darkness.            I eat the bread of wailing                and drink unceasing tears;            truly, my eyes are dimmed by grief,                and my soul by daily bitterness.            [Groaning] and sorrow encompass me                and ignominy covers my face.            My bread is turned into an adversary                and my drink into an accuser;            it has entered into my bones                causing my spirit ...

  “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”; that is, since we are so weak in ourselves, that we cannot stand a moment; John 15:5; Ps. 103:14. and besides this, since our mortal enemies, the devil, 1 Pet. 5:8; Eph. 6:12. the world, John 15:19. and our own flesh, Rom. 7:23; Gal. 5:17. cease not to assault us, do thou therefore preserve and strengthen us by the power of thy Holy Spirit, that we may not be overcome in this spiritual warfare , Matt. 26:41; Mark 13:33. but constantly and strenuously may resist our foes, till at last we obtain a complete victory. 1 Thess. 3:13; 1 Thess. 5:23 (Historic Creeds and Confessions, electronic ed. (Oak Harbor: Lexham Press, 1997).  John’s ready pen is Jesus’s chisel and hammer. As the Sabbatical man, Jesus speaks his sevenfold, recreative Word in written edicts to angels of the churches. As the Creator Word, he brings the church to it...