To Anton Lauterbach letter 5 - Martin Luther

TO ANTON LAUTERBACH

Luther wishes him to execute a commission for him, etc. September 25, 1541.

Grace and peace! How often you have asked me for the measurements, my dear, and how often I have been almost sending the size of the bath? But we were always waiting for someone to urge us on, and no one did so, therefore it has remained undone. But I now enclose the plan, which you will carry out

to the best of your ability, in accordance with your voluntary promise. I do not wish to burden you. I was delighted to hear that your oppressors are being gradually humbled; so I trust: things will improve. We have good hopes of Pistorius, the former Chancellor. For they say he spoke frankly out at Regensburg, and in the end admitted that one thing puzzled him much, viz. how Christ could be High Priest to all eternity when He was succeeded by Peter, who was followed by the Pope, and then succeeded by a fresh pontiff. If these things once begin to dawn upon him, then the light of day will speedily burst upon him. I hear you have bad news of the Turks, and you say the truth that our insufferable Turks, and the usurers, and the mighty of the earth, are also in a dilemma. I have no other news. Pray for us, as we do for you. Greet your Agnes and Lischen. My Kathie also greets you. I commit you to God.

MARTIN LUTHER . (Schutze.)