[550]. See First Series, vol. iv. book xiii. chap. ix.

[551]. Ferdinand’s Mandat. Luther, Opp. xix. p. 596. Geschichte der Evangelischen Kirche in Ungarn, pp. 51-53.

[552]. ‘Pulsi de regnis Ferdinandi, pauperem Christum in paupertate imitantur.’—Luther, Epp. iii. p. 289.

[553]. ‘Tu vero vir esto fortis, ora et pugna in spiritu et verbo adversum ipsum.’—Ibid.

[554]. Geschichte der Evangelischen Kirche in Ungarn, pp. 55, 56. Herzog, Ency. xvi. p. 641.

[555]. Hanner, Hist. Eccles. p. 199. Geschichte der Evangelischen Kirche in Ungarn, p. 59. Timon, Epit Chronol. p. 118.

[556]. It had been voted on the 27th August, 1526, that while awaiting a national council, each state should act in religious matters so as to be responsible to God and to the emperor.

[557]. De sanctorum dormitione.

[558]. ‘Propositiones erroneæ Matthiæ Devay, seu ut ille vocat rudimenta salutis continentes,’ said his adversary, Dr. Szegedy (Vienna, 1535).

[559]. ‘Faber hortatur ut deficiam a causa habiturum me defectionis præmium.’—Corp. Ref. i. p. 798.