[903] In a sermon of 1528, “Werke,” Weim. ed., 27, p. 408 f.
[904] Köstlin-Kawerau, 2, p. 510.
[905] See vol. ii., p. 133.
[906] To Amsdorf, Feb. 6 and 12, 1542, “Briefe,” 5, pp. 432, 434.
[907] “Luther, eine Skizze,” p. 51; “KL.,” 8², col. 339.
[908] Köstlin-Kawerau, 2, p. 495.
[909] To Anton Unruhe, Judge at Torgau, June 13, 1538, “Werke,” Erl. ed., 55, p. 205 (“Briefwechsel,” 11, p. 371).
[910] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 23, p. 323 ff.; Erl. ed., 317 ff. N. Paulus (“Hist.-pol. Bl.,” 133, 1904, p. 201) also points out the “Courage which Luther showed in the time of the plague,” also his “liberality, his cheerful, sociable ways, how easily he was contented and how tirelessly he laboured.” George Evers (“Martin Luther,” 6, p. 6) recognises, amongst many other good qualities, the courage he showed during the plague.
[911] Mathesius, “Tischreden,” p. 285.
[912] Lauterbach, “Tagebuch,” p. 188.