[6] "Wir greyffen das Creutz noch am waichsten Ort an."—Ermahnung dess Missbrauchs. Corpus Schw. ii. p. 89.
[7] "There are now in general two parties that make wrong use of the Gospel of Christ, one of which turns to the right and the other to the left of the only true and straight way. The first party is that of the Papacy . . . the other party consists of those to whom God has now granted a gracious light—But!"—Ermahnung dess Missbrauchs.
[8] The Stillstand was proposed in a Circular Letter written by Schwenckfeld, Valentine Crautwald, and the Liegnitz Pastors, April 21, 1526.—Corpus Schwenckfeld, i. pp. 325-333.
[9] The revival of this idea of a Stillstand, that is, of a suspension of certain time-honoured practices of the Church until a further revelation and new enduement should be granted, will be referred to in later chapters, especially in connection with the Collegiants of Holland and the English Seekers.
[10] Ecke, op. cit. p. 217.
[11] Arnold, op. cit. ii. p. 251. There are many similar references to Schwenckfeld in Luther's Table Talk, and he usually calls him by the opprobrious name of "Stenkfeld."
[12] "Ein natürliches Licht kennt Schwenckfeld nicht."—Grützmacher, Wort und Grist (Leipzig, 1902), p. 168.
[13] The important data for Schwenckfeld's doctrine of Christ and the way of salvation will be found in the following writings by him:—
Von der göttlichen Kindschaft und Herrlichkeit des ganzen Sones Gottes (1538).
Ermanunge zum wahren und selig machende Erkänntnis Christi (1539).