The Elector demands another concern about the future council.
A concept eaten by mice is in the Weimar Archives, Reg. H, pag. 123.54., the gaps of which have been completed by Burkhardt. Printed by Burkhardt, p. 271.
Our greeting before. Venerable, worthy and highly learned, dear devotees and faithful! After [we] had been in Wittenberg a few days ago, and had had [our] remonstrance of the advertised and future Con[cilii halben] done to you, whereupon you have [sent] us a [concern] about some of the articles that have been held up, which we have read out and noted to our gracious liking. Because the [article] of Christian doctrine and religion [half a little] far, and in which articles and pieces of peace and unity might or might not be to yield and yield, is still to be put, our gracious request is that you, Doctor Martinus, take the same points and articles before the hand, and put your concern everywhere, what and how far, that it is to be answered for against God and to yield and yield with a good conscience for the sake of Christian love for the preservation of peace and unity in Christendom, also on what [towards the adversaries] 1) finally it is to be based and to persevere or not, and if you make such, then you want to consider the same placed articles altogether and especially, also Licentiaten Amsdorf, Magister Eisleben and some others from our and our friendly dear brother, Duke John Ernest of Saxony, princely preachers and scholars of the Holy Scriptures, according to your concern, by virtue of this order, to join you at our expense, and unanimously agree to the same, and in such case each of you sign with [you]. [If, however, in one or more of the articles you do not think it desirable for you to agree, let him put his objection in writing.
1) Here we have filled in a gap.
The same shall also be drawn up, the reasons for which shall be reported and indicated and sent to us in addition to the others everywhere.
And since this is the highest and most important matter, which concerns God's honor and the welfare of common Christianity, and we are very concerned about it, as we let you know in part next to Wittenberg, that in these matters we are not mistaken, So once again our gracious request is that you act and carry out this matter with the utmost diligence and in secret, as we graciously provide for you, and that you take care that such your record and concerns will be given to us for the longest time around Conversionis Pauli [Jan. 25, 1537]. Jan. 1537], and you will know how to show yourselves to the increase of God's honor and His holy word, and such from you is a gracious favor to us and we are inclined to you with graces and good. Date, Torgau, Monday after Nicolai [11 Dec.] Anno 1536.
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