no one has sent you my thesis contained in the third and fourth disputation against the Antinomians,I forward them to you, for you say you have got the two previous ones
I am astonished that no one has as yet sent you thistrifle, especially as everything else isat once transmitted to Court, not even the news of the slightest flea-bitebeingforgotten.
SaturdayI shall hold the next disputation, and againlisten to those Antinomians,if theydesireit.
All the storiesfrom FreibergconcerningJacobagree so well that I am forced to believe them, but with deepgrief.I shall not as yet say anythingto the Prince about Karg,as he may be reformed,for he receives correction greedily, a signof a man who has been misled.
He indulges in odd fancies which have no foundation.
But more of this again.May you and yours prosper in the Luther defends himself for not writing.
Jonas,in writing so often to me.
But it would be even better if you showed consideration for my negligence.
It does not proceedfrom laziness, but because,as you are aware, letter-writing, like the composition of poetry,can onlybe indulgedin with a light heart.
My brain is often so worn out with thinking that I neither can nor dare write anything.But Christ the conqueror lives,who has robbed the powers of these northern regions of their might, to whom be honour to all eternity.1 commend you to Luther speaksof his health and politics.
Grace and peace in Christ 1 I herewith send the two my present messmate, will tell you all you wish to know.
In your house all are well.
Hanna, with her husband and child,have arrived from the Her husband is delighted to be able to partakeof the sacrament here.
I hope this tragedymay yet end well,so that we may boast it has been a tragic comedy.
I shall not answer his two letters,and that I envy him his leisure,and only wish that a healthy,strong,handsome young man such as he were onlythoughtworthy to have a taste of my leisure.
Anhalt had offered to send a carriageto Luther to the country for a rest.
Grace and peace in Christ Anhalt asked me to fix a day on which I might be conveyed to I have not yet answered, and could not in one word.
Perhaps you, as a livingand eloquentPericles,may tell them that on Saturday,Sunday, Monday, I shall be fullyoccupiedpreachingand reading lectures, as you and Pommer are absent,and Agricola has been dismissed,not to speakof the numberless minor matters which constantly surround me.
I must almost steal the time to bestow on the Princes,so Thursday after Cantate will be most convenient for me, and Wednesday after the sermon, and arrive that night,either in Coswick, for the place is nothing to me, only the time.
I can then remain all Thursday,returning on Fridayfor the Saturday. After I shall have no more time,for I must rest the entire week except Friday. If it be necessary to write the Princes,I shall do so to-morrow or next day.
In your house all is as you left it,except that the little Sophieis rather feverish, but in no danger; and little Paul have begunto shiver,but the weather is very warm here.
Princes respectfully from me.
More about the Emperor and 1 write direct to the Princes.
Peace beingin prospect between CharlesV. and Francis, VIII. wished to unite with the Protestants, so, at his request,the Elector sent
Burkhardt and Myconius of Gotha to London,where theywere warmlywelcomed by the King.
Grace and peace in the Lord As our goodfriends and ambassadors were beingdespatched on a journey to your exalted King,I could not refrain from givingthem letters to you, not wishingto appear forgetful in your eyes ; for,besides havinghad the pleasure of making your acquaintance when in Wittenberg, you have since then done me a great service in givingme counsel regarding my enemy
Calculus, a kindness which We often talk of you, especially as, with so many changes in your kingdom,you either cannot write, or the letters have gone astray,with which possibility we try to console ourselves, for we feared that this persistent silencewas a signof somethinghavinghappenedto retard the progress of the gospel
; for,some actually assert that your King,led astrayby Papalwiles,meditates a reconciliationwith the Between hope and fear,we have been praying that Satan mightbe crushed under your feet.
As yet we are ignorant of the state of the gospelamong you.
But we hope,with the return of our embassy,to receive a joyfulevangeliumand to hear a veritablegospel of your Regardingthe position of Germany,you can hear allthe detailsfrom our
Jesusendue you with more of His giftsand grace, to the glory of Kathie sends her greetingsto your Christ, and accept my respectful compliments.
In reference to a letter of May I am amazed that my letter was so long in reachingyou, or that you were so dilatoryin answeringit.
I am willingto do whatever is most convenient for the I hope I may be able to appear on the appointed day, and at the place fixed,of which I am doubtful,owing to the state of my health and the assaults of ; but by the power of I may get a respite. The reports we have heard about the Turk are, alas,too true.
We hear the cry of blood and the voice of the oppressedagainstGermany.
Ferdinand's hands are stained with blood, as he listens to the blasphemiesof the Pope and the assaults on the truth.
Who will have mercy on those who provoke God and knowingly worship lies ?
His poor people,and at length manifest His power upon the proud enemy, the cruel I shall inform you by word of mouth of the future preacher in I have noted down several topics of conversation.
I can determine nothing in regard to In your house all are well, except that your Lieschen is not yet free from fever.
These paroxysms are not peculiarto this quarter and season only.
May you prosper in the Lord, and pray for me.
Luther thanks him for procuringjustice for a poor woman.
Grace and peace in Christ,dear wise sir and friend !
Dominum^ erudimini,judicesterrae.
This should be the dailymotto of the judge,and I believe it is yours, for all who know you testifythat you are a pious.
I must thank you for helpingMargaretha Doroten in preventingthe noble Hans from deprivingher of all she has.
Martin is not only theologian and defender of the faith,but defender of the rightsof the poor, who flee to him from every quarter seekinghelp and letters to the magistrates, so that he would have enough to do with only this.
Martin serves the poor gladly, as you also do, for you fear God, love Jesus Christ,and search the Scripturesdaily. The Jesuswill one day reward you for this.
But was it not enough to prove your love to me by grantingmy request without presenting me with a cask of Torgau beer of your own brewing} am unworthy of your kindness, for althoughI know you are not poor,
God havinggiven you abundance, stillI would rather you had given it to your poor people, whose united prayers would have brought down a richer blessing upon you than that of poor
I must thank you for the token of goodwill. And may Elizabeth was the daughterof Joachim L of Brandenburg.
She visited Luther with her mother,who had fled from her husband.
Princess, most graciousLady !
Grace for the cheese.