Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . romthe Elector of a hundred florins for beginning house- 1525] Marriage 267 keeping, and, strange to say, a personal gift toherself of twenty florins from so frequent a sub-ject for her husbands attacks as the Archbishop ofMayence. The characteristic candour of Luther, who in hiscorrespondence always spoke most freely to hisfriends, the public position which he occupied, bring-ing many from various quarters into the inner circleof his family, and especially the students whogathered around his board and noted his m
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . romthe Elector of a hundred florins for beginning house- 1525] Marriage 267 keeping, and, strange to say, a personal gift toherself of twenty florins from so frequent a sub-ject for her husbands attacks as the Archbishop ofMayence. The characteristic candour of Luther, who in hiscorrespondence always spoke most freely to hisfriends, the public position which he occupied, bring-ing many from various quarters into the inner circleof his family, and especially the students whogathered around his board and noted his many say-ings in his hours of leisure, have made the details ofhis home life well known. Upon his public life theinfluence of his marriage cannot be traced. But itgave him rest and refreshment, and by its trials dis-ciplined him in his inner life for far greater effi-ciency than any monastic rule he had ever the marriage may be criticised, it shouldnot be forgotten that Luther had rights as a privateman which posterity as well as his cotempo/ifiesmust DR. FREDERICK MYCONIUS. CHAPTER VI VISITATION OF CHURCHES AND THE CATECHISMS FLUSHED with his victory over the peasants,Duke George determined to push his advan-tage to the utmost. Where the opportunity waspresent, the pretext of complicity in the rebelhonwas employed to punish innocent adherents of theevangelical faith. Measures were taken for thecomplete eradication of Lutheranism. It was use-less, it was urged, to be forever cutting away theshoots, while the root was untouched. Repeatedefforts were made to persuade his cousin, the newElector, and the Landgrave, his son-in-law, to turnagainst Luther, and make common cause against allinnovations. A league was formed at Dessau, inJuly, 1524, to crush out the Lutheran sect, fol-lowed by a most positive declaration of the evangel-ical princes against the proposal. Towards the closeof the year, the Archbishop of Mayence assembledhis clergy to take measures f
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