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220: Du bist ein Mensch, das weiszt du wol.
Du bist ein Mensch, das weiszt du wol.--(Goed. 220.)
Appeared in Crü. Praxis, 1656, no. 330.
A hymn of self-abnegation, even self-denunciation, emphasizing the frailty and insignificance of mortals, and closing with an admonition of resignation to God's wise dispensations. Though Gerhardt frequently employs this form of rhyme only rarely does he combine it with this metre. Both have been strictly observed by J. Kelly, 1867, p. 148: