At Luther's request, Melanchthon was not sent to Regensburg. About the displeasure of the Dutch mass priests that their many masses read for the Duke of Brunswick did not prevent his defeat. Luther works on a writing Wider die Pariser und die Löwener. 1)
The original is at Dresden in Cod. Seidel. Printed by Schütze, Vol. I, p. 377 and by De Wette, Vol. V, p. 779. German by Walch, Vol. XXI, 1562.
To the reverend Father in Christ and Lord, Mr. Nicolaus, the right bishop of the church at Naumburg, his superior who is highly honored in the Lord.
Grace and peace in Christ! Although there was nothing I could have written, Reverend Father in Christ, since your nephew George indicated that he would send a messenger, I did not want to let him go away empty, without a letter from only, and at least wish E. G. a happy New Year. G. at least a happy new year.
Mr. Philippus was absent, at Torgau, when your letter came. It was discussed that he should be sent to the colloquium in Regensburg, but I advocated that he should stay here. So in his place go D. Georg Major and D. Laurentius Zoch, so that they again lose time, costs and effort.
It is said that the emperor is pressing for the Trent Concilium and has many other things in mind. Whether this is null and void or not, I have no interest in it. In the Netherlands, the missal priests and the monks are unwilling and impatiently grumble against God, because he has suffered Mezentius to be defeated and captured, although they have offered so many thousands of masses every day throughout their country for his welfare. They therefore complain to God why He despised His faithful and holy servants and so many masses by which they would not have doubted to gain the victory against us heretics. They are surprised that the glory of the masses
1) Luther's last pamphlet, St. Louis edition, vol. XVII, 1494, no. 1456.
Letters from the year 1546. No. 3294. 3295. 3296.
The Son of God has done nothing, even the opposite of what used to happen in the past. But let him be lost who is lost, if he does not want to hear the Son of God. We pray and wait for the day of our redemption and the downfall of the world with its splendor and wickedness. Let it be done, let it be done in a short time and quickly, amen.
I am busy writing against the Paris and Louvain donkeys. I am quite well for such an old age, but the days are short and business delays my work. E. G. is quite well in the Lord, and prays for me. Tuesday after Antonii [19 Jan.] 1546.
Martin Luther, D.
No. 3295.