Warum machet solche Schmerzen.--(Goed. 67.)

[New Year.]

Based on St. Luke II, 21. It appeared in Crü. Praxis, 1648, no. 97 in 4 stanzas. Bunsen, in his Versuch 1833, no. 120, gives stanzas III, IV, altered to "Freut euch, Sünder, allerwegen."

English Versions:

1. Mortals, who have God offended.

Miss Cox, 1841, p. 21, from Bunsen.

2. Why should they such pain e'er give Thee.

J. Kelly, 1867, p. 43.

Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld.--(Goed. 68.)

(Cf. p. 104 ff.)