So our Lord God commonly gave riches to those gross asses to whom he vouchsafed nothing else.
More Quotes from Martin Luther:
The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ he wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you blasphemers and betrayers of Christ If Christ had done what you are doing, who would ever have been spared.Martin Luther
Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil. If Adam had seen in a vision the horrible instruments his children were to invent, he would have died of grief.
Martin Luther
I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands And thousands of years.
Martin Luther
Teaching is of more importance than urging.
Martin Luther
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
Martin Luther
Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Martin Luther
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