[199] Ibid., p. 570 ff.
[200] Fr. Roth, “Augsburgs Reformationsgesch.,” 3, 1907, p. 56.
[201] Ibid., p. 95.
[202] Ibid., p. 154.
[203] See above, p. 18, 21 f., 46, 62 n. 2.
[204] Köstlin-Kawerau, 2, p. 475. Cp. Kolde, “Luther,” 2, p. 489, and “RE. für prot. Theol.,” 15³, p. 310.
[205] “Defectionem etiam minitabatur, si nos consulere ei nollemus.” To Camerarius, Aug. 24, 1540, “Corp. ref.,” 3, p. 1079. Cp. p. 863. Above, p. 62.
[206] “Hoc fere tantumdem est ac si minatus esset, se ab Evangelio defecturum.” Pressel, p. 211.
[207] Möller, “Lehrb. der KG.,” 3³, p. 146 f.
[208] The scandal lay rather elsewhere. According to Kawerau Luther’s “principal motive was his desire to save the Landgrave’s soul by means of an expedient, which, though it did not correspond with the perfect idea of marriage, was not directly forbidden by God, and in certain circumstances had even been permitted. The questionable nature of this advice is, however, evident,” etc.