And no man
should forget that Scripture which saith, "He that hath two coats,
let him part with one," etc.; for the Holy Scripture, in naming a
coat, meaneth all manner of apparel that one hath need of, according
to his state and calling, as well for credit as for necessity. As,
also, by "the daily bread" is understood all maintenance necessary
for the body, therefore "a coat," in Scripture, is signified to be
all usual apparel.
The World will always have new Things.
Before I translated the New Testament out of the Greek, said Luther,
every one longed after it, to read therein, but when it was done
their longing lasted scarce four weeks. Then they desired the Books
of Moses; when I had translated those, they had enough thereof in a
short time. After that they would have the Psalter; of the same
they were soon weary; when it was translated, then they desired
other books.
In like manner, said he, will it be with the Book of Ecclesiasticus,
which they now long for, and about which I have taken great pains in
the translating thereof. All are acceptable, so long and until our
giddy brains be satisfied; afterwards they let them lie, and seek
after new things; therefore in the end there must come errors among
us.
OF THE LORD CHRIST.
That Christ warreth with great Potentates.
On the 18th of August, 1535, Luther, receiving letters from
Frankfort relating to the great preparations of the Emperor against
the Protestants, said: Our Saviour Christ will not wage wars with
beggars, but with great and powerful Kings and Princes, as it is
written, "Kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel
together against the Lord, and against his anointed.
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