Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . hy dear Son, Jesus Christ, who shall bemy Defence and Shelter, yea, my Mighty Fortress,through the might and strength of Thy Holy , where abidest Thou ? Thou art my God ; whereart Thou ? Come ! come ! I am ready to lay down mylife patiently as a lamb. For the cause is right and it is i52i] The Diet of Worms 197 Thine, so shall I never be separated from Thee. Letall be done in Thy Name ! The world must leave myconscience unconstrained ; and, although it should befull of devils, and my body, Thy handiwork
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . hy dear Son, Jesus Christ, who shall bemy Defence and Shelter, yea, my Mighty Fortress,through the might and strength of Thy Holy , where abidest Thou ? Thou art my God ; whereart Thou ? Come ! come ! I am ready to lay down mylife patiently as a lamb. For the cause is right and it is i52i] The Diet of Worms 197 Thine, so shall I never be separated from Thee. Letall be done in Thy Name ! The world must leave myconscience unconstrained ; and, although it should befull of devils, and my body, Thy handiwork and creation,be rent into fragments, yet Thy Word and Spirit are goodto me. All this can befall only the body ; the soul isThine, and belongs to Thee, and shall abide with Theeeternally. Amen. God help me. Amen. After the Elector of Saxony had left Worms, onMay 26th, the Imperial edict against Luther waspublished, although bearing the date of eighteendays before, and at the same time the Pope and theEmperor made common cause against the King ofFrance. Erlangen, 64 : 289 sqq». FERmS^BEHE CONgCSfL LUTHER AS A KNIQHT. CHAPTER IX AT THE WARTBURG ON Friday, April 26, 1521, at 10 , with thecomrades who had accompanied him fromWittenberg, and Dr. Schurf, Luther left Worms. Inorder not to give the matter too much importance,the Imperial herald delayed his departure for somehours, joining the party at Oppenheim that the next day he reached Frankfort, from whichplace he wrote to his friend the painter, Lucas Cran-ach, at Wittenberg, that, for a time, he would not beheard of. A plan had been devised, probably byJohn, the Electors brother, for the twofold purposeof sheltering Luther from impending danger, andpreventing him from irritating his enemies by anyfurther public utterances. The details of the planwere concealed from all except those who were toexecute it. The night before leaving Worms,Luther and Amsdorf were admitted to the another days journey, at Fr
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