[1190] Mathesius, “Tischreden,” p. 317.
[1191] Ib., p. 267, speaking of a case of long-continued adulterous incest between brother and sister (1542): “This was the work of the devil himself,” etc.
[1192] “Satanicum tempus et sæculum.” To Jakob Probst, Dec. 5, 1544, “Briefe,” 5, p. 703.
[1193] To Amsdorf, Jan. 8, 1546, ib., p. 774.
[1194] Mathesius, “Tischreden,” p. 174 (1540).
[1195] On the great tragedy between God and Satan in which he (particularly in 1541) is so prominently entangled, see the letter to Melanchthon, April 4, 1541, “Briefwechsel,” 13, p. 291.
[1196] Mathesius, “Tischreden,” p. 307 (1542-43).
[1197] To Johann Silvius Egranus, March 24, 1518, “Briefwechsel,” 1, p. 173.
[1198] See above, p. 226 ff.
[1199] Thus as early as June 27, 1522, to Staupitz at Salzburg, “Briefwechsel,” 3, p. 407, with the emphatic assurance: “sed Christus, qui cœpit, conteret eum, frustra renitentibus omnibus portis inferi.”