and partakeof the sacrament without scruple,for the Word and sacrament is,and remains,a But do not praiseor acquiesce in their shameful doings.
For, seeingthey are installed, it is not your placeto remove them publiclyfrom office or to avoid them tillthe Prince issues his decree.
I commit you to God, that He may strengthen you in this and all tribulation.
Luther announces a visit at the cherryseason.
I know of nothingto write about, so, in case of burdening you, do not write,but wished to send you this greetingas a letter, and to announce that,if God will, we shall shortly pay a visit to your cherries,with a number of cherrylovingboys.
Concerningthe marriageof this preacher.
Kathie greets you, dear She orders me to write you.
What you write of the carelessness of the preachersand the contempt of the peasants is only too true.
Here patienceis not only salutarybut indispensable.I laud your resolution to marry, but see that the manse is first built, so that you may occupy it alone with your wife.
For it is an insufferable thingto lodge in some one else's house with a wife.
I know the maiden, Hanna Zetzschin,well,and trust she is an uprightand estimable person.
I also know that she has been well brought up, for she learned housekeeping