[250] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 17, 1, p. 232; Erl. ed., 39, p. 111. Should a preacher be unable thus to “boast,” he is to “hold his tongue,” so we read there.
[251] See, e.g., vol. iii., pp. 110 ff.-158 f.
[252] “Vita Lutheri,” Coloniæ, 1622, p. 141.
[253] Above, vol. iii., p. 111.
[254] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 23, p. 69 f.; Erl. ed., 30, p. 19.
[255] Ib., p. 70=20.
[256] Lauterbach, “Tagebuch,” p. 22.
[257] On July 24, 1540, “Briefe,” ed. De Wette, 6, p. 274. Above, vol. iv., p. 13 ff.
[258] To Chancellor Brück, “Briefwechsel,” 4, p. 282: “Oportere ipsum maritum sua propria conscientia esse firmum ac certum per verbum Dei, sibi hæc licere.” Cp. above, vol. iii., p. 259 f.
[259] Letter to Jonas, May 4, 1543, “Briefe,” 5, p. 556.