Luther asks that the prince, as governor in the Mark, take care of the poor priest in Bernau.
Alls the original in the archive at Dessau in Lindner, Mittheilungen, Vol. II, p. 79, No. 54; in the Erlangen edition, Vol. 56, p. 237 and in De Wette-Seidemann, Vol. VI, p. 318.
To the noble, highborn prince and lord, Lord John, Prince of Anhalt, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg, Elector of Brandenburg, my gracious lord.
G. and F. in the Lord. Sublime, highborn prince, gracious lord! The priest of Bernau came to me and handed over this booklet, and also requested my advice 2c. Thereupon I promised him to procure such his booklet to E. F. G., as governor absentee of my gracious Lord Elector of Brandenburg. Lord Elector of Brandenburg. Accordingly, my humble request to E. F. G. is that E. F. G. should take a serious look at it, so that such poor priests are provided for, or they must '(to speak so) run away. Such a complaint is probably more in
3) Walch notes: "At the edge stands: To a small wood, which is not put over a cross finger in the wall, has standing to a straw rope erhenket Hans Frank."
4) Instead of stantern, aut we have adopted aut standem.
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of the Mark, that I worry we must raise some and provide for them elsewhere, which I would not like to do in the absence of the sovereign. But poor Christ is too much abandoned and despised in his least, that is, preachers. But it is not good, especially now, when we need him against the Turk, the Pope, the world, the flesh, the devil, God's wrath and our own sin, all of which are now attacking us very quickly. E. F. G. will (as far as I am aware) show themselves Christian, gracious and helpful in this and other matters. Hiemit dem lieben GOtte befohlen, Amen. August 3, 1542.
E. F. G.
Martinus Luther, D.
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