Now their follyis manifest.
But it is God who is befoolingthem.
Staupitzwas wont to say, God wishes to torture any one He first shuts their eyes."
I am sure their eyes are shut, for I regardthem as devils incarnate.
No more senseless demand has ever been made than that everythingshould remain as it was and their ideas be accepted,while ours are cast aside,especially as they themselves admit that we are right in many respects.
For this is tantamount to expectingthat our Apology^ which even theypraised, should be disavowed by us before the whole world.
Truly this manifest vengeance of His enemies affords me no littleconsolation.
Jesus guide you through His Spirit.God grant this.
Luther's ill-healthand Satan's assaults enabled him to sympathise with others in their dark hours.
My dear brother,grace and peace in our I have nothingto say, I did not wish the man who broughtthe game to return without letters.
I believe you have all wrestled manfullywith the devil this week, and I presume this is why Weller's and Schosser's messenger has not returned from you.
In spiritI am very near you.
I am sure this muchmalignedChrist is even nearer.
God grant you may not desert our cause.
I know the adversaries try to draw away the timid and desponding.
Do not be anxious about me, for it is no organicdisease from which Satan's angelwho buffets me so severely.If I cannot read and write
I can still meditate and pray ; also sleep,play,and sing. Only do not worry unduly,Philip, over a cause which is not in