Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . ews, the fruit of which appears in TJie MarburgArticles, drawn up by Luther, and with theexception of a portion of the article on the LordsSupper, signed also by Zwingli and his associates. We left Marburg with the hope, that as they con- ^ De Wette, 3 : 5-13 ; cf. Erlangen, 32 : 398 sqq., 36: 320 sqg.;Melanchthons account in C. R., i : 1099 sqq. 2 Erlangen, 65 : 8S sqq.; in English, Book of Concord (Jacobs),ii., 69-74. 290 Martin Luther [1529 ceded all the Christian articles, and had receded fromtheir former erro
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . ews, the fruit of which appears in TJie MarburgArticles, drawn up by Luther, and with theexception of a portion of the article on the LordsSupper, signed also by Zwingli and his associates. We left Marburg with the hope, that as they con- ^ De Wette, 3 : 5-13 ; cf. Erlangen, 32 : 398 sqq., 36: 320 sqg.;Melanchthons account in C. R., i : 1099 sqq. 2 Erlangen, 65 : 8S sqq.; in English, Book of Concord (Jacobs),ii., 69-74. 290 Martin Luther [1529 ceded all the Christian articles, and had receded fromtheir former error concerning the Holy Sacrament,they would in time completely unite with us. The prevalence of an epidemic hastened the disper-sion of the participants to their homes. Calledupon to preach on the morning before he left Mar-burg, Luthers sermon ^ is without the least reminis-cence of the contest. It is a calm, practical, edifyingdiscourse on civil rights and the forgiveness of sins. Short Confession concerning the Lords Supper (1545), Erlangen,32: 405.^ Erlangen, 14 : 206 LUTHERS COAT OF ARMS. CHAPTER VIII COBURG AND AUGSBURG ON his journey homeward Luther tarried atSchleiz, to prepare a doctrinal basis for aconference, to be held at Schwabach, October coming of the Emperor to Germany was re-garded with serious apprehension. Luthers opinionbeing invoked by the Elector as to whether theevangelical princes would be justified in makingarmed resistance, in case Charles should undertaketo enforce the decree of Spires, he gave an unquali-fied negative answer. If the Emperor act un-justly, the remedy, he maintains, is deposition bydue legal process. But as long as he is the sover-eign, he must be obeyed, and to resort to revolu-tionary measures implies a denial of faith in thepower of Gods word to bring about the few days afterwards the announcement was madethat the Emperor would open the Diet at Augsburg Schwabach Articles j in English, Book of Concord^ ii., 69
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