tin, besides his oral message, should write to Luther to the effect that at his [Luther's] written request he had earnestly asked for such a safe-conduct from your Grace, but that your Grace had let him understand that, for many reasons not necessary to set forth at this time, it seemed unadvisable to your Grace at this time to give a safe-conduct to Dr. Carl- stadt, but that your Grace had let him know that in case Dr. Luther should designate some place in your or your brother's land for the conference with Dr. Carlstadt, and as long as he refrained from public preaching and from assembling mobs, your Grace would not oppose it, and that in this case he there- fore need fear nothing from your Grace or from your brother. . . .
665. THE ELECTOR FREDERIC TO HIS COUNCILORS. Barge, ii, 578. German. (Torgau?), March 20, 1525.
. . . Spalatin shall accordingly give Dr. Luther our opinion also in writing, concerning Carlstadt's business. But we do not wish to write Luther that Carlstadt shall be allowed to have a conference with him anywhere, certain of safety from our brother and ourselves, but will leave the matter pend- ing. . . .
666. LUTHER TO NICHOLAS HAUSMANN AT ZWICKAU. Enders, v, 144. WrrrENBERC, March 26, 1525.
Grace and peace. I return the Mass. I am willing that it should be sung as you have indicated, but it does not alto- gether please me that Latin music has been kept for German words. I have told the publisher what German melody I should like to have put there. The catechism has been assigned to the men who are to write it,* as I said before. I owe a book on the freedom of the will,* but I am so overwhelmed by the demands of the printers that I am compelled to put it off. I wish the Preface * to be very short. If you cannot compose a
^On Pebraary a I<uther had written to Haasmann, "The ]>reparation of a Cate- chism for boys has been committed to Jonas and Eislebius (Agricola)." This work was never finished.
'In reply to Erasmus.
- In the Communion Service, the exhortation addressed to the communicants,
reminding them of the meaning of the sacrament and the true spirit in which to receive it.
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