of which the man in Hebrews talks so confidently and so splendidly. I find that the men who seriously look for good things to come are diflferent from those who live only for the day, not only in their doctrine and their public utterances, but in their other conversation too. . . .
The contention between Philip and Agricola* grieved me deeply, because I knew that it would be distasteful to you and add to your already heavy trials, which we, your disciples, ought to lessen, not increase. ... In this church at Nord- hausen there is, by God's grace, a marvelous silence about the sacramentarians, nor has the poison of the Anabaptists reached this far as yet. ... I am rejoiced to hear that you have a little daughter. You write that you wish I would come to you, if only for the sake of going for a walk ; there has not been a month since I have been here that I have not intended to get on horseback and come to you, but every month the stone' has prostrated me and kept me back; only this last month I have had such relief that I hope I am permanently freed from it by the mighty hand of the Lord, for I am in the best of health, and, God willing, I shall be with you in two or three weeks at the latest. . . .
I am glad to hear that your little son John is well and strong and active, and runs around and chatters, and is the joy of his parents. I am sending him as a New Year's present a silver John, that he may have a little gift from Jonas and a token of the love I bear to him and his father. . . . My son sends greetings to your daughter, his future wife.
Your Jonas.
788. LUTHER TO THE ELECTOR JOHN OF SAXONY. De Wctte, iii, 256. German.* (Wittenberg), January 16, 1528.
Grace and peace in Qirist. Serene and highborn Prince, gracious Lord. Concerning the Zwinglian views of Hans Mohr* at Coburg, I submit to your Grace the following
- C/. supra, pi 426, n. 5.
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- John Mohr was captain at the Elector's castle at Coburg. He was accused of
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