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Both the need and the manner of salvation Martin Luther once summarized in an autographed inscription in the Bible:The entire Bible does nothing else than give a person to understand what he was, what he now is, what behooves him, and what his works are. It informs him that he is completely undone. Secondly, it tells what God is, what pertains to Him,and what His works are, and especially the mercy in Christ. Him it leads us to understand and through His incarnation it conducts us from earth to heaven, to the Godhead, May God the heavenly Father grant all of us His grace and mercy to this end, through Christ, our dear Lord, and Savior, Amen. Amen. Amen.(Weimar edition of Luther's Works 48,272)