To an unnamed person. May 21, 1537.
Grace and peace, my dear Mrs. N. I had the next intention to write to you, but He N. was gone before I knew it. So I think your Lord has come home again, that it will be better with you, if God wills it. But you must not be so fainthearted and timid, but think that Christ is near, and will help you bear your evil; for he has not left you 'as your flesh and blood would have you. But if you only call with earnestness from the heart, then you are sure that he will hear you, because you have
know that it is his way to help, strengthen and comfort all those who desire his. So be confident and think that he himself suffered much more for you than you can ever suffer, for his sake and yours. So let us also pray and earnestly pray that God will accept you in and through His Son Christ and strengthen you in such weakness of body and soul. Hereby commanded to God, Amen.
On Pentecost Monday, Anno 1537.
Martinus Luther.