[23] See above, vol. iii., p. 361.
[24] “Colloq.,” ed. Bindseil, 2, p. 15: “Scholæ crescentes verbi Dei sunt fructus,” says Luther, “et ecclesiarum seminaria”; if these are furthered, then, so God will, things will be in a better case (in Rebenstock: “Hæc si promoveantur, tunc Deo volente, nostrum inceptum meliorem habebit progressum”). Ib., p. 14: Although the work of the schools was performed quietly, “attamen magnum fructum exhibent, ex quibus ecclesiæ conservatio consistit.… Inde collaboratores et ludimagistri vocantur ad ministerium ecclesiæ.”—Cp. Mathesius, “Tischreden” (Kroker), p. 208: “Wretched parsonages are not the place for schoolmasters”; they deserve to be superintendents and to rule over others. Ib., p. 213 on the importance of the schools.
[25] Weim. ed., 15, p. 29 f.; Erl. ed., 22, p. 173.
[26] Ib., p. 35 f.=175.
[27] See also above, n. 1.
[28] Proofs in G. Rietschel, “Luther und die Ordination,” ², 1889. Cp. Paulsen, p. 203.
[29] Weim. ed., 15, p. 47 f.; Erl. ed., 22, p. 193.
[30] Ib., p. 40=185.
[31] Ib., p. 53=198.
[32] Ib., 30, 2, p. 588=17², p. 421 f.