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 468 LUTHER'S CORRESPONDENCE AND Let 8ao

819. LUTHER TO NICHOLAS HAUSMANN AT ZWICKAU. Enders, vii, 53. (Wittenbesg), February 13, 1529.

Grace and peace in Christ. I am wonderfully delighted, my dear Hausmann, that the visitation of your churches ^ has, by God's grace, passed off so well. There is hope that all the other things that the Church needs may in the course of time be similarly granted.

In our church we sing the litanies in Latin and German; it is possible that the notes or melody of both litanies will be published.' The directions for fasts, excommunication and other important ceremonies will follow in due time, though of these, too, there is enough for a beginning.

I have been suffering from vertigo, beside the other afflic- tions which the messenger of Satan lays upon me. Do you pray God for me, that He may strengthen me in faith and in His Word.

I shall make no further answer to Duke George. I hope shortly to publish the book on the Turkish war;' it would have been out already if the first sheets had not been lost through the carelessness of the servants. It was difficult to recover the ideas and the scheme. This is what has caused the delay. My Katie sends you a reverent greeting, so do also Dr. Jonas and Philip and all our friends. We fear that Bugenhagen will scarcely get back before Whitsunday, though his wife expects to be confined about Easter time. Christ be with you. Amen.

Your Martin Luther.

820. LUTHER TO NICHOLAS HAUSMANN AT ZWICKAU. Enders, vii, 60. (WrrraNBERG), March 3, 1529.

Grace and peace in the Lord. The catechism* is not yet finished, my dear Hausmann, but will be done shortly. The

^The yisitation of the Zwickau churches was conducted by the comminioii of which Spalatin was the head, January 2$ to 31.


 * They were published in the third edition of Thg Small CaUekUm, Weimar, jooct

•C/. supra, no. 808.

«The Large Catechism, which appeared in April. The Small Catechism had already been published (January, 1539) as a wall chart; it appeared ia book form in May. There is a vast literature on Luther's Catechisms. The best Mm- maries are by Cohrs in Realincyklopaedit, and Weimar, xxx,^ with Jfull biblio- graphies. Cf. also Smith, a34ff., Kostlin-Kawerau,* ii, 49-^2.

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