Finding Wittenberg too warm, Carlstadt removes to Orlamünde; his meeting with Luther in the Black Bear Inn at Jena; he goes to Strasburg, and thence to Rothenburg; he is driven by want to accept Luther’s conditions; he breaks his promise, escapes to Switzerland and receives an appointment at Basle. What Luther says of him in the Table-Talk and in his “Widder die hymelischen Propheten”: The defects of Carlstadt’s mission, his violent behaviour, his attachment to the Decalogue, his wrong interpretation of the Supper, his stress on the inward rather than on the outward Word, his unacquaintance with “temptations” _pages_ 385-400
3. JOHANN AGRICOLA, JACOB SCHENK, AND JOHANN EGRANUS.
Luther on Agricola. Schenk and the question of the Law; an encounter between Schenk and Luther. Egranus’s dissatisfaction with Luther; Luther’s references to the “brood of Erasmus”; the burden of Egranus’s complaints _pages_ 400-404
Luther’s admiration for Amsdorf and Brenz. Bugenhagen, a legate “_a facie et a corde_”; his antecedents; becomes pastor of Wittenberg; his missionary labours; his intimacy with Luther; his letters from Denmark; a female demoniac. Friendship between Luther and Jonas as attested by the Table-Talk; chief events of Jonas’s life _pages_ 404-416
CHAPTER XX. ATTEMPTS AT UNION IN VIEW OF THE PROPOSED COUNCIL _pages_ 417-449
1. ZÜRICH, MÜNSTER, THE WITTENBERG CONCORD, 1536.
The Swiss theologians on Luther and his doctrine. The Anabaptists and Luther’s opinion of their doings at Münster. Pope Paul III. Efforts of the Protestants to reach an understanding among themselves; Martin Bucer; the Wittenberg Concord; attempts to secure the adhesion of the Swiss; Luther pockets his scruples; collapse of the negotiations; Luther’s “Kurtz Bekentnis” _pages_ 417-424
2. EFFORTS IN VIEW OF A COUNCIL. VERGERIO VISITS LUTHER.
Pope Paul III. determines to hold a Council at Mantua in 1537. Vergerio dispatched by the Pope to Germany to smooth the way; the Legate invites Luther to breakfast with him at the Castle of Wittenberg; his description of his guest; his own subsequent apostasy _pages_ 424-430
3. THE SCHMALKALDEN ASSEMBLY OF 1537. LUTHER’S ILLNESS.
The Schmalkalden League. The league of the Catholic Princes. Luther’s “Artickel” for the Schmalkalden convention. Melanchthon’s endeavour to arrange matters. Luther’s willingness to promote the Council. The discussions at Schmalkalden; Melanchthon’s backhanded proceedings. Luther, prostrated by an attack of stone, desires to be removed so as not to die in a town defiled by the presence of a Papal envoy. His parting benediction: “_Deus vos impleat odio Papæ_.” The agreement subsequently reached at Schmalkalden. Luther makes his “First Will”; his recovery; his imprecatory Paternoster _pages_ 430-438