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* I saw a pretty dog at Lintz in Austria , ' said Luther , ' that was taught to go with a basket , and with the basket he went to the butchers' shambles for meat ; now when other dogs came about him to take the meat out of the basket , he set it down , and bit and fought lustily with the other dogs ; but when he saw they would be too strong for him , then he himself snatched out the first piece of meat , lest ha should lose all . Even so now doth our Emperor Charles : he hath . For a long time defended the spiritual livings ; but seeing every prince take and rake the monasteries unto themselves , he now takes possession of the bishoprics , as newly , he hath snatched to himself the bishoprics of Utrecht and Luttriek , to the end also he may get partem de tunica Christi ( a share of Christ ' s raiment . )'—p . 288 .
What came of a Jew s visiting Rome . * Another Jew repaired to me at Wittemberg / said Luther * ' and toM me he was desirous to be baptized , and made a Christian ; but said , he would first go to Rome to see the chief head of Christendom . This his intention , myself , Philip Melancthon , and other divines , laboured in the strongest manner to prevent ; for we feared that when he should behold the offences and knaveries at Rome , he might thereby be scared
from Christianity altogether . But the Jew went to Rome ; and when he had stayed long enough to witness the abominations practised there , he returned to us again , desiring to be baptized , and said , " Now will I willing-ly worship the God of the Christians , for he is a patient God . Can he eudure and suffer such wickedness and villainy as there is at Rome ? Then can he suffer and endure all the vices and knaveries in the world . "—pp . 294 , 295 .
The Prince ' s best Wealth . 1 At the imperial diet at Augsburg , certain princes were speaking in praise of the riches and advantages ' of their countries and principalities . The Prince Elector of Saxony said , " He had in his countries stores of
silver mines , which brought him great revenues . The Prince Elector Palatine extolled his vineyards and wine , that were produced on the banks of the Rhine , &c . &c . Now , when the turn came for Everard , Prince of Wirtemburgh , to speak also , he said , "I am indeed but a poor prince , and no way to be compared with any of you : nevertheless , I have in my country a rich and precious jewel , namely , that if I should
haply ride astray in my country and lose myself , and were left alone in the fields , yet I could safely and securely sleep in the bosom of every one of my subjects , they are all ready , for my service , to venture body , goods , and blood . " And , indeed , said Luther , his people esteemed him as a paler patrice * When the other princes heard the same , they confessed that he was , indeed , the richest of the three . '—p . 801 .
* If , ' said Luther , ' a robber on the highway should fall upon me , then , truly , 1 would be judge and prince myself ; and if no one were with me and about me that were able to defend me , I would willingly
use my sword . I would thereupon Jtake the holy sacrament , that I had done a good work . But if any one fell upon me as a preacher , for the gospel ' s sake , then , with folded hands I would lift up mine eyes to heaven , and say , "My Lord Christ , here I am ; I have confessed and preache 4 Thee , &c . ; is now my time expired ? so commit I my spirit into Thy hands : " and in that sort would I die , said Luther , ' —Jp . SOfK
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66 Critical Notices , — Miscellaneous .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1832, page 66, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1804/page/66/
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