[684] Quoted in Janssen, “Hist. of the German People” (Eng. Trans.), 5, p. 100 f.
[685] From Burkhardt, ibid. Janssen, ibid.
[686] Janssen, ibid., 6, p. 521, given as Melanchthon’s words.
[687] A. L. Richter, “Die evangel. Kirchenordnungen des 16. Jahrh.,” 2, pp. 181, 192 f. Janssen, ibid., p. 523. W. Schmidt (“Kirchen- und Schulvisitationen im sächs. Kurkreis von 1555,” 1907, Hft. 1-2, “Schriften des Vereins für RG.,” No. 90) fancies he can discern a certain improvement in ecclesiastical life and in the school system about the year 1555.
[688] For the way Metzsch was dealt with, see Lauterbach, “Tagebuch,” pp. 163, 167. “Briefe,” 6, p. 213 f. Below, vol. v., xxx., 3.
[689] “Briefe,” 5, p. 223 f.
[690] “Werke,” Erl. ed., 1², p. 14, “Hauspostille.”
[691] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 28, p. 763; Erl. ed., 36, p. 411, conclusion of the “Auslegung über etliche Kapitel des fünften Buches Mosis,” 1529.
[692] Ibid., Erl. ed., 9², p. 330 f., “Kirchenpostille.”
[693] Ibid., 4², p. 4, “Hauspostille.”