On January 13, 1532, Gerhard Wilskamp had sent Luthern the "Apologia des Fraterlevendes tho Herporde" for review and asked him for his written judgment on it. Luther fulfilled this wish by the present testimony, which was written at the end of the booklet, which was sent back to Herford with the letter No. 1870.
Handwritten at Wittenberg, Ms. Pagend., p. 31. Printed in the Allg. Literaturzeitung 1829, Ergänzungsblätter, No. 142, Sp. 1134; in Hamelmann, opp. hist.geneal., p.1042; in De Wette-Seidemann, vol.VI,p. 561, note 6 and in Erlanger Briefwechsel, vol. IX, p. 148.
I Mart. Luther confess with this hand of mine that I find nothing unchristian in this book. Would God that the monasteries would all teach and keep God's Word so earnestly!
No. 1874a.