“ A man must needs be plunged in bitter affliction when in his heart he means good, and yet is not regarded. ”
Martin Luther, Table Talk (1566). copy citation
| Author | Martin Luther |
|---|---|
| Source | Table Talk |
| Topic | heart meaning |
| Date | 1566 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by William Hazlitt |
| Weblink | http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/Luther%20Table%20Talk.pdf |
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“How long shall I be with you, and suffer you?” Moses also took God in hand, where he said: “Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? Have I conceived all this people? Have I begotten them?”
CCCXXI. A man must needs be plunged in bitter affliction when in his heart he means good, and yet is not regarded. I can never get rid of these cogitations, wishing I had never begun this business with the pope. So, too, I desire myself rather dead than to hear or see God’s Word and his servants condemned; but `tis the frailty of our nature to be thus discouraged.”
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