[414] “Werke.” Erl. ed., 18², p. 92.
[415] Ibid., 31, p. 297.
[416] Sermo 343, n. 7; Denifle, 1², p. 243, refers also to “De bono coniugali,” n. 9, 27, 28.
[417] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 12, p. 138 f.: “A married man cannot give himself up entirely to reading and prayer, but is, as St. Paul says, ‘divided’ and must devote a great part of his life to pleasing his spouse.” The Apostle says that though the “troubles and cares of the married state are good, yet it is far better to be free to pray and attend to the Word of God.”—Luther is more silent concerning our Lord’s own recommendation of virginity (“Non omnes capiunt verbum istud, sed quibus datum est,” etc., Mat. xix. 11 f.). Of his attitude towards voluntary virginity we have already spoken in vol. iii., 246 ff.
[418] “Werke.,” Erl. ed., 61, p. 178 (Table-Talk).
[419] Ibid., 64, p. 155. From his glosses on the Bible.
[420] Ibid., 31, p. 390. From the “Winckelmesse,” 1534.
[421] Ibid., 44, p. 376.
[422] Ibid., p. 25², p. 432; cp. p. 428.
[423] “Opp. lat. exeg.,” 6, p. 283: “Ipse ego, cum essem adhuc monachus, idem sapiebam, coniugium esse damnatum genus vitæ.”