[493] Cp. vol. iii., pp. 45, 75 f., 125 f.
[494] On his discovery of Antichrist see above, vol. iii., p. 141 ff. He reached it amidst strange fears: “Ego sic angor,” etc. To Spalatin, Feb. 24, 1520, “Briefwechsel,” 2, p. 332. On the thoughts of Satan see the letter to Egranus of March 24, 1518, “Briefwechsel,” 1, p. 173: “Nisi cogitationes Satanæ scirem, mirarer quo furore ille [Eccius] amicitias solveret,” etc.
[495] Vol. iii., p. 149 ff.
[496] Cp. above, vol. iv., p. 301.
[497] Erl. ed., 60, pp. 176-311.
[498] Cp. his statement in Schlaginhaufen’s Table-Talk, p. 56: “Adversariorum verbi natura non est humana, sed plane diabolica” (1532).
[499] Mathesius, “Tischreden,” p. 404 f. (Jan., 1537), with reference to Dan. xi. 36; xii. 1. The “Sic volo,” etc., from Juvenal, “Sat.,” 6, 223, he applies to himself, above, vol. v., p. 517.
[500] Mathesius, ib., p. 293. In 1542-3. The picture given at the beginning of this portion of the Table-Talk of how Luther the “monk” and Catherine the “nun” seated at table after dinner raise the cross hand-in-hand against Antichrist and say: “Post scripturam non habemus firmius argumentum quam crucem!” speaks volumes for their infatuation.
[501] Weim. ed., 34, 2, p. 410, in a sermon of Nov. 1, 1531.
[502] Erl. ed., 63, p. 276. On his abnormal hatred see vol. iv., p. 300 f.