[17] Cypr. de mortal. c. V.
[18] Vulgate reading.
[19] See pp. 149 f.
[20] From the Vulgate.
[21] Luther is probably thinking of his own experience, when, near Erfurt, he came near bleeding to death from an injury to his ankle. See Köstlin-Kawerau, Martin Luther, I, 44.
[22] Luther no longer held this view of "satisfaction" in 1535. See also pp. 150 and 161.
[23] Luther is thinking here specifically of the Elector.
[24] He means the communion of saints. See next chapter.
[25] According to the Vulgate (Douay Version).
[26] August 29th. See Introduction, p. 105.