[211] “Colloq.,” ed. Bindseil, 1, p. 397.
[212] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 30, 2, p. 115; Erl. ed., 31, p. 40. “On the Turkish War.”
[213] Ibid., p. 196=119. Cp. Mathesius, “Tischreden” (ed. Kroker), p. 149: “Ego credo Turcicum regnum non posse vi opprimi” (a. 1540).
[214] “Werke,” ibid., p. 197=121.
[215] Ibid., p. 113=39. Even the taking of Rome in 1527 proves the proposition which the Pope had condemned. “Christ has determined to teach them to understand my Article, that Christians must not fight; the condemned Article is now avenged” (p. 115=41).
[216] Ibid., p. 111=36.
[217] Ibid., p. 148=79. At the Diet of Spires in 1529.
[218] Ibid., p. 148=79.
[219] “Werke,” p. 195=118. This he continued to assert to the very end of his life. In 1545 he writes: “The Turk also seduces the world, but he does not sit in the Temple of God, does not take the name of Christ and St. Peter ... but this destroyer in our midst pretends to be a friend, wants to be styled father, and is twice as bad as the Turk. This is the abomination of desolation,” etc. “Werke,” Erl. ed., 26², p. 211. “Wider das Bapstum zu Rom, vom Teuffel gestifft.”
[220] Ibid., p. 195=119.