[1403] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 23, p. 75; Erl. ed., 30, p. 22.
[1404] Ibid.
[1405] Sermon of Aug. 2, 1528. “Werke,” Weim. ed., 27, p. 287.
[1406] On Dec. 23, 1526, he said in his afternoon sermon, speaking of the sermon that morning: “Hodie dixi, biblia esse hæresium librum,” “Werke,” Weim. ed., 16, p. 624. And as a matter of fact the notes contain the passage, ibid., 20, p. 588.
[1407] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 17, 1, p. 362.
[1408] Ibid., p. 360.
[1409] “Werke,” Erl. ed., 15², p. 144.
[1410] “With reference to this Luther declares (‘De servo arbitrio’): In the words of Scripture which lie open to us and all the world, no one, owing to the darkening of the mind, is able to discern the smallest iota so long as he has not the Spirit of God; no one possesses the inner sense or the true knowledge requisite—‘nihil horum sentiunt aut vere cognoscunt’—no one believes that God exists and that he is His creature. For him the ‘iudicium interius,’ in the Christian who has attained to the true light and his salvation through the Spirit of God, consists in being able to test with certainty all doctrines and beliefs (1 Cor. ii. 15). This individual judgment is essential for every Christian and for his faith; it does not, however, profit others: For them the ‘exterius iudicium’ is intended, which is exercised by the preacher of the Word.” Köstlin, “Luthers Theol.,” 1², p. 380.
[1411] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 33, p. 145; Erl. ed., 47, p. 353. From Notes of the Sermon published in 1564.
[1412] Ibid., p. 161=367; cp. p. 165=371.