To the Clergy in Augsburg - Martin Luther

TO THE CLERGY IN AUGSBURG

The Augsburg people sent an embassy to Wittenberg to prove their desire for unanimity in the matter of the sacrament.

July 20, 1535.

Grace and peace in Christ! I would like you to learn with what pleasure I received your letter, dear brethren, from the living letters, viz. your Dr.

Gereon Seiler and Caspar Huber, rather than from these dead letters, for nothing has been a greater joy to me in the course of the Reformation than to see an end of the lamentable division, and at length to hope for an entire agreement. Herr Gereon tells me, and your letter forces me to believe this, so

that my wound, viz. my distrust, is so far healed that not even a scar remains. Therefore I beseech you, through Christ, who has begun such a work in you, to persevere in this fruit of the Spirit. Doubtless you will manifest such heartfelt Christian love towards us, which shall be responded to on our part with true love and fidelity, and lay nothing upon us which we cannot joyfully accept. When this concord is ratified, I shall sing with tears, “Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace!” For I shall leave peace to the Church, God’s house, and the punishment of the devil, etc. May Christ perfect this work among you, so that my joy may be full, and I may look forward, after so many crosses, to a joyful dying hour. Amen.

Pray for me, as I pray for you. MARTIN LUTHER .

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