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The fear of God at the beginning of faith is an unbearable thing to human nature.

— Thomas Müntzer Exposure of False Faith (1524)

Es ist der Natur ein unleidlichs Werk, die Furcht Gottes zum Anfang des Glaubens zu machen.

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"Exposure of False Faith" (1524), in Revelation and Revolution: Basic Writings of Thomas Müntzer (1993), p. 117

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