Various announcements relating to the upcoming convention in Worms.
Handwritten in Cod. Lips, ep. 89. Printed in Corp. ref. vol. III, 1123.
To Martin Luther.
Hail! Two from the Academy in Leipzig are traveling to Worms, Scheubel and Camitianus, 1) provided with the honorable instruction that they are not to accept anything that deviates from the doctrine of the Confession. I also hear that it was strictly demanded of the Academy that no one should revile the right doctrine or the restored customs. I am glad that the Mysians are waking up a bit. Yesterday the musician Sixtus Dieterich came to me, who has gone to see you. He brought letters from Veit in Nuremberg, in which he indicates that Eck is already holding triumphs because of the convention at Worms; so much hope and confidence, they say, he has through the deed of Jason. 2) When those intriguers, Eck, Nausea and Cochläus, 3) are confronted, the disputation will be very short. For with those who pretend to strive for concord, there would be more to create. But you will ask God for us. I learn that no one is being sent from Nuremberg, which surprises me because, as you remember, it is said that the prince sent a letter to the Nuremberg council in his and the landgrave's name that they should send some of the preachers to the convention. But perhaps this was only requested before the Hagenau Convention. I would like you to inform the Prince as soon as possible that he should write again to the Nuremberg Council. You can talk to D. Brück about this matter. Farewell. Leipzig, the day after Lucas [Oct. 19] (1540).
Phil. Mel.
No. 2718.