Luther asks that Anton Lauterbach be dismissed because he does not get along with the pastor.
Handwritten in Cod. Seidel. in Dresden. Printed in the Leipzig Supplement, p. 73, no. 139; in Walch, vol. XXI, 386; in De Wette, vol. V, p. 20 and in the Erlangen edition, vol. 55, p. 145 f.
To the honorable and wise gentlemen, mayor and council of Leisnig, my good friends.
Grace and peace in Christ. Honorable, wise, dear lords and good friends! I kindly ask you to show kindness to Antonio, your preacher, and help him to come here from Leisnig with his family, as he desires, and as is his need and benefit. For I see that it cannot be otherwise, nor may it be. He must go from there, if the good Lord will grant you grace to get another.
Letters from the year 1536. No. 2283 to 2286a.
No. 2284.