May 31, 1529.
Grace and peace in Christ. Honorable, dear sirs and friends! Your writing together with the Lord, your pastor, has come to me and has been received by me as well as I can. And because or where it is so with you, as I have reported of him, I am glad with all my heart and pray to God, the Father of all graces, that he would uphold and promote you in such a way. Amen.
For I also recently heard nothing special from you, only the only piece in our ears, as if disobedience, rebellion and sacrilege against the authorities should occur with you, which, however, I did not want to believe until the other part was reported; without that I was nevertheless afraid and asked God to protect you and all of us and the dear
Hievon can still be read in:
XIIIa. Theil, Predigt am 23. Sonnt, n. Trin., § 13 ff., vom Verhalten gegen die Obrigkeit.