23 SUMMER 2021 Divino praecepta puer si prodita ab ore, Et facies casto pectore iussa Dei: Ipse pater vitae cursum moderabitur omnem, Nec fortuna tibi saeva nocere potest. If as a youth you’ll perform the commandments proceeding from God’s mouth, And with a virtuous heart honor the orders of God, God the Father himself will guide the course of your whole life, Nor can you ever be harmed, savage though fortune may be. BY PHILIP MELANCHTHON TRANSLATED BY E. J. HUTCHINSON On the Decalogue
