noise,bursting over the pavedstones, etc.
Pray for us and be pious.
I believe,had you been here, you would have advised us to do exactlywhat we have done, and so for once we should have followed your counsel.
January28 Luther leftHalle,accompanied by Dr. Jonas.
A stately cavalcade welcomed him into the Sunday,January 31, in Eisleben.
To my dearlybeloved housewife, Katherine Sailmarket, and whatever else she may be.
Christ, and my old, poor I am aware),weak love to thee I became extremelyweak when Eisleben,but it was my own fault.
However, hadst thou been there, thou wouldst have said that either the God were at the bottom of it.
For we had to pass through a villageclose to Jews lived,and perhapsthey blew upon me, for there is no doubt that at the village a strong wind blew in at the back of the carriage, penetrating throughmy doctor's hat,threatening to turn my brain into ice.
When the principalmatters are arranged,I must endeavour to banish the Jews.
Albrecht does not like them, and has tried to expose them, but as yet no one has meddled with them.
If God will,I shall help Albrecht,and speak about them from this pulpit.
Naumburg beer,which you praisedso highlyat Mansfeld, and it agrees with me excellently.
Thy sons left Mansfeld the day before yesterday, as Jene seemed determined to have them with him.
I do not know what theyare about.
If it is cold theymay But now that it is mild they must do or suffer what they will.
I herewith commend you and all at home] to God, and greet all the boarders.
Vigilia purijicationis, On the same day Luther wrote to Melanchthon,who was left at home because of his health.
About riches beingcalled thorns.
To the deeplylearned lady,Katherine Luther, my graciousconsort at Wittenberg,grace and peace !
We sit here in martyrdom, longingto be away, but I fancythat cannot be for eightdays.
M. Philip to correct his exposition, for he does not seem to understand why the Lord calls riches thorns.
This is the school in which to learn that.
But it is disagreeable to me that the thorns should always be threatened with fire in the Scriptures ; therefore I should be the more patient in order, with God's help,to be able to achieve something good.
We have enough to eat and drink,and would otherwise have a very good time if this troublesome business were only at an end.
It seems as if the devil were mocking us, but God will requite him with the same.
The messenger is impatient.
Luther jokesover his wife's anxietyabout him.
To my dear wife, Katherine Luther, doctoress and self-tormentor at Wittenberg,my graciouslady. Grace and peace in the Kathie, the Gospel of