"And should the peasants prevail (which God forbid!),... yet surely they who are found, sword in hand, shall perish in the wreck with clear consciences, leaving to the devil the kingdom of this world a…"

"The true treasure of the church is the most holy gospel of the glory and grace of God."

"The ass needs to be beaten, and the populace needs to be ruled by force. God knew this well, and therefore he gave the ruler not a fox's tail, but a sword."

"This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing towar…"

"The inner man cannot be forced to do out of his own free will, what he should do, except the grace of God change the heart and make it willing."