EPISTOLA AD DVCEM SAXONIAE
Lifamira Luthero,tion ex Deo/ed ex Diabolo efie tanta in do&rina difs
Zuingli . q? fenfione,Nec opus fore CathoIids,aduerfus eum niultas addu*
OctoU] cere, vel scripturas ,vel rationes, aut fandotfi pattu Concilios
tuq? fentetias,cu pofiit facillime proprio iugulari gladio,Haud
secus atq; spurius ille Phiiifh£us,Goliath,Quo certe non paulo
f.Rfg.jr t impudentior improbiori]? eilLutherus > lllenanq? cxomibus
t ‘de E b vni ^ prouocabat ad singulare certamen, hic au te cu fit viribus
e. ( a. j on g e itnpar,prouocat omes in vnmin fua Babylone, Prouoca^
bat ille hofies dutaxar,hic aute prouocare audet in vnum, noti
Contra Epi' folu omes Papiftas (vt vocat Catholicos) veteres fuos aduers
fiolaRegv sarios,Veruetiam eundosSusrmeros,fratres, & amiculos fuos
Anghce aureos,Qiiin etiam Diabolos ipos,quibus tame alibi se no vul-
ln sermone g^nter notu efie,nec vnu falis modiu cu eis comedisse gloria?*
DmcaRemi' At>j5 vt efl infanta ipsa insaniore efie non dubitems,Deu quoiK
Inproloso de Omipotente tade prouocauit as prouocare docuit,Ea em cer*
abrogctdda tftudine tentandu efi (inquit) quod pr?ftituiftis, vt non modo
Mjr*, totius Mundi indicia pro roli/s leuibus,& fummis ariftis habeas
mus,fed & armari fitn*in morte,aduerfus portas inferi, Quin*
etia aduerfus iudiciu tentantis Dei pugnare ,& cu Iacob contra
Deuprgualere.Nos autem veriflime dicimus ei, Quid miser 6C
ftulteprouocasaIios,quitoties expugnas te ipfumi Quis phre
neticorum toties momordit feipfum,aut fuas dilaniauit carnes?
iQuoties tute ipfu mordes ac difcerpisiVbi efi frons c Vbi mea
moriatuai Quis vng toties redarguit feipfumi Audeo certe Iis
luft. Prin.affirmare,nullu vfq, aut vnqlibruhuic noftro simile
in terris vifum efie, np fane,q> hic nofter adeo fit vel elegas vel
ctudiw^ dcheQp^ adeo monfirofus,quia nemo vng reper
tus eit,qut tWSCsAotrarius fuerit fibiipfi,vel in figmento, vel re
ludicri, Quoties cotradicit fibi/pfi in rebus maxime ferijs ,& ad
aeterna falute neceflarijs fepticeps ifte LutherusfHunc igitur la»
boreeaintentioefufcepi,vt fideliter prpmoneallluftriff.D.T,
ne cofidatnimiu magnificis Lutheri pollicitationibus & iac-
tantijs,Vereor em ne Illuft.Saxoniae Domus graue patiatur rus
bore,fi tamdiu fub ea permanserit Luther us,donec fiftendus fit 1
cofpedui & iudicioMagnatn & Prflatorn,vel in Cocilio genes -
^) tali,vel in Couentu Imperiali cora Casfare, Scioemnullu vng
produdu fuiffe reum in iudiciu, qui vel grani* accufari vel mas i
'" pifeftius couinci potuerit,gAccufmi ac cpnuinci queat Lutbs-i
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