[176] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 9, p. 29. Ibid., “In Augustinum,” pp. 7, 23, 24, 27.
[177] “Briefwechsel,” 1, p. 26 f., probably not meant seriously by Luther.
[178] “Luthers ungedruckte Predigten,” ed. G. Buchwald, 3, 1885, p. 50.
[179] Köstlin-Kawerau, 1, p. 121.
[180] Johann Mensing O.P., “Antapologie,” Frankfurt, 1533, fol. 18´. Cp. N. Paulus, “Die deutschen Dominikaner im Kampfe mit Luther,” 1903, p. 40.
[181] Cp. Evers, “Luther,” 1, p. 377.
[182] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 1, p. 30 f.: “Semper prædico de Christo, gallina nostra ... et efficitur mihi errans et falsum.” He preached, namely, against those “qui ab alis [Domini] recedunt in sua propria bona opera ... et nolunt audire, quod iustitiæ eorum peccata sint. Gratiam maxime impugnant, qui eam iactant.” The expression “gallina nostra” appears also in the Commentary on the Psalms (“Werke,” Weim. ed., 3, p. 71).
[183] To Spalatin, June 8, 1516, “Briefwechsel,” 1, p. 40.
[184] Cp. his reproaches against members of his own Order with regard to disobedience and want of charity, which will be given shortly.
[185] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 1, p. 61.