hath begun to slay him with the spirit of his mouth, so that he is
dead in the hearts of believing Christians. I hope it is almost
come so far that, in less than two hundred years, God will quite
make an end of him, and of that antichristian idolatry, by his
glorious coming."


Whoso from his Heart can humble himself before God, he hath gained.

Whoso can earnestly humble himself from his heart before God, he
hath gained. For God can do nothing but to be merciful towards them
that humble themselves. For if God should always be stern and
angry, so should I, said Luther, be afraid of him as of the
executioner. And seeing that I must stand in fear of the Pope, of
the Emperor, of the Papistical Bishops, and of other tyrants, which
are God's enemies, to whom then should I fly and take my refuge, if
I should also be afraid of God?


That God preserves Nurture and Discipline.

God's works and actions will be where good nurture and discipline is
maintained, especially in wars, where a good government is settled;
otherwise it goeth strangely, dissolutely, and ill, as in this time
we see too well.

When God will confound the wisdom of the wise, he makes them first
mad and furious in their proceedings, as he dealt with the Popish
Princes and Bishops at the Imperial Diet held at Augsburg.