[433] Cp. Schlaginhaufen, “Aufzeichn.,” p. 9, of Dec. 14, 1531.
[434] Ib., p. 89, in May, 1532, thus only a few months after the above statement.
[435] Seb. Fröschel, “Von den heiligen Engeln, vom Teuffel und des Menschen Seele. Drey Sermon,” Wittenberg, 1563, Bl. L2 to Bl. 4a.—Friedr. Staphylus, “Nachdruck zu Verfechtung des Buches vom rechten waren Verstandt des göttlichen Worts,” Ingolstadt, 1562, p. 154´.
[436] “Whereupon Luther became even more anxious and alarmed.… It was wonderful to see how he ran about the sacristy meanwhile, wringing his hands for very fear.”
[437] Cp. “Briefe,” ed. De Wette, 5, p. xxiv., where the exorcism is transposed to Jan. 18(19).—Ib., p. 772, Luther relates how he had cured the madness (“mania”) of a “melancholy” person who had been subjected by the devil to this “temptation,” and also explains how blessings were to be given.
[438] See above, vol. v., p. 240 f.
[439] To Bora, July 2, 1540, “Briefwechsel,” 13, p. 107.
[440] Erl. ed., 60, pp. 138-40.
[441] Luther to Ebert, Aug. 5, 1536, “Briefwechsel,” 11, p. 21.
[442] Kirchhoff is alluding to the case of the “changelings” mentioned above, vol. v., p. 292. It is true Luther did not regard them as human beings.