Ï G R M V L A MI S SA E S E V C O M M V .
ïcd fînünt libcrtatem fpiritus abundarc fuo fenftbpro commoditate locorum,
temporum & perfonarutn» Pacrum veto excmpla partira font incognita*
Qux vcro nota funt.tam varia funt, vt nihil certi îiccat conftimere, videlicet,
quod Sc ipû Mbertatefua vfi funt. Quin vt maxime certa Scfimplicia effent,
nobis tarnen nee iegcm necnecdütatemimitahdiimponerent.
IN re liq ü is d iebu s, q u a s fc r ia s v o c a rn u s , n ih i l v id e ó ,q u o d n o n
ferri poffit, modoMiff» abrogentur» Nam mâtutinætrium leaionum Sc
Hor®,turn VefperæSc Completotium,de tempore (exclufisSan&orum fe.
rijs) nihil funtnifi {cripmrædiuinæ verba. Et pulcbtumdmo ncceffanum eft,
pueros affuefcere lcgendis Sc audiendis Pfalmis Sc lcdionibus ieriptürarutu
fandatum, Verum ftquidquamhic nouari debet, prolixitas mutari pbreft
atbitrio Epifcopbvtttes Pfalmi pro Matutinis,tres proVefperis,cum vno vel
duobusRefponforijsabfoluantur. H*c veto non melius ordinantur, quant
•ipfo arbitrio Epifcopi, cuius eft deligcre optima in Refponforijs Sc Antiphon
nis,Sc de Dominica in Dominicam perhebdomadam ordinarc, vt nec nimia
eiufdem afliduitatc faftidium, nec nimia varietate & multitudine cantus
'& ledionum tædium fpiritusgencretur. Sed pet partes diftributum totum
Pfalterium in vfu maneat, Sc vniuerfa Scriptura in lediones pattita, perle»
ueret in auribus Ecdelîæ,
Hie v e r o , q u o d alias e g i, a g en d um e ft , v t ifteC an tu s n o n fie
tantum lingua loqui,vel potius tantum,ficut forms fiftolæaut cithar®,
linefenfu. Ideo inftitucndæ funt lediones quotidian®, Altera mane in
nouo,vel vetcriTeftamento, Altera vefperi,in alteroTeftamcnto.cum expia*
natione vernacula.Hunc ritum effe antiquum, probat & res,Sc vocabulum,
Homilia,in matutinis Sc Capitulum in vefperis &alijs horis, Scilicet, quod
Chriftiani, quoties conucniffenr, aliquid, lcgebanr,8c vernacula interpréta»
bantur,more,quem Paulus/. Corinth. 14 . deferibit,
Poft,fucceffu temporis peioris,cum deficerent Prophet» Sc interprètes,
relidacft ilia vox foia poft lediones Sc capitula,Deo gracias,Turn loco inter»
pretationis,multiplicatæ funt Lediones, Pfalmt Sc Hymnf,Sc alia in hanc tas-
diofam prolixitatem. Quanquam Hymni, Sc Te Deunt laudamus, »que id
reftanmr,quod,Deo gratiàs.feilicet, quod poft interpréta tiones Sc Homilias,
Deunt laudarinr, Sc gratias egerine, pró reuelata veritate fermonum Dei.
‘QualesSc ego vellem fieri noftras vernaculas cantilenas,
TA n tu m h a b u i, o p tim e N i c o la e ,q u o d d en o ftra eV V itte tn »
b e rg en fis Ec cle fiæ ritib u s & cæ rem on ijs p a r t im iam in ft itu -
f i s a c p ro p e d iem Ç C h r i f to v o tan te ) c o n lum m a n d is , a d t e per#
lc r ib e r em ,c u iu s ”e x em p la r , fit-ibi & alijs p la cu e r it im ita r i, lic e t.
S in m in u s , v n e t io n i lib ence r lo c um d a b im u s ,p a r a t i à v o b i s &
q u ib u fu is alijs c om m o d io r a a c c ip e re .
N e c vo s au t q u o iu is a lio s a b f te r r e a t , q u o d in n o ft r a W i t -
tem b e rg a ad h u c p e r fe u e r a tT o p h e th i lia la c r ile g a , quae P r in c i*
p nm S a x o n iæ im p ia Sc p e rd ita p e cu n ia e ft , T e r t ip lum d ic o
om n iu m S a n d to rum * N am ta n tum e ft m ife te n te D e o a p u d
n o s a n t id o t i p e r c o p io fum v e rb um D e i, vc p e ftis ilia in a n g n lo
fü o là lig û en s , n o n n jfi fibi ipfi p e ftilen s fit. D e n iq u é v i x tres
a u t q u a tu o r p o re i & v en tre s fu n t in ip la ilia p e r d i t io n i s d om o ,
q u i p e c u n ia illam c o lu n t ,c e te r is om n ib u s fim u l Sc v n iu e d o p o -
P R O e c c l e s i a V V I T T E M B E R G , 5 6 1
p u lo in fig n isn a u le a & a b om in a t io e f t ,N e q u e lic e t v i au t imp«»
r io in e o sg r a ffa r i, v t n o f t i , decere C h r if t ia n o s , n o n n ifi v ir tu te
o la d ii fp ir i tu s p u g n a r e ,S ic e n im Sc in fr e n o p o p u lu m q u o t id ie ,
a l io q u t iam d u d um d om u s ilia om n ium S a n d to rum , im o d o m
u s om n ium D ia b o lo ru m ,a l io n om in e fe r r e tu r in o rb e . ^
S ed ne c p o te fta tem lp ir itu s ,q u am ded it n o b is D e u s ,in 1 ttiAin in to ttmph
e x e r cu i, fe r e n s lo n g a n im it e r o p p ro b r ium i f t u d , fi fo r te d e t i l l i s ^ / „ „ ^
D eu sp c en ite r itiam . C o n t e n tu s in t e nm ,q u o d n o f t r a d o m u s ,^ . . •
qu « e v e riu se ft om n ium S a n d to rum d om u s , hie re gn a t Sc lta t
v e lu t tu r r is L ib a n i c o n t r a d om um om n ium D ia b o lo rum . Sic
S a tan am to rq u em u s v e rb o , q u am u i s il le r ifum fim u le t . S ed
d a b it C h r i f tu s , v t fpes lu a fa lla t c um , & cun dtis v i -
d en tib u s praccipitetur.
Ora, p r o m e v ir lan dte D e i,G r a t ia t e c u m , & cum
om n ib u s v e ftr is , A m e n .
M . D . X X I I I .
EXEMPLVM THEO'
LOG1AE ET DOGTR1NAE
P A P . I S T I C AE.
H a n c o lim p u lc b r am v e te re s d ix e r e fig u ra itt.
D* MARTlNVS LVTHERVS
P I O L E C T O R I :
O n e ft v l l i v e re C h r i f t ia n o d u b ium , q u o d om n ia
p e r t in e a n t a d g lo r iam C h r i f t i i llu f t r a n d am , quac-
c u n q u e d ic u n tu r a u t lc r ib u n tu r a d ig n om in iam &
d e ftru d tio n em a b om in a t io n is iftiu s & ty ra n n id is
p a p iftic a t.C um e n im ip fa d eu a fta r it Sc con cu lc a r ic
r e g n um D e i & C h r i f t i ,n ih i l v t iliu s ,n ih il fan d liu s , n ih i l , q u o d
D e o m a g is p la c e a t ,fe c e t im u s ,q u am fi v a fta tr ic em i llam fa lu tis
noftrae Sc p ro fa n a t r ic em g lo r i3 cD e i,ru r lu s v a fta u e r im u S & c o n -
c u lc au e r im u s ,q u an tum p o flum u s ,iu x t a i llu d A p o c .i S .R e d d it e
i lli,fic u t ip fa r e d d id it v o b is ,d e d u p lic a t e i lli d u p lic ia fe c u n d um
o p e ra e iu s , In p o c u lo , q u o m ifeu it v o b is , m ife e te i lli d u p lum *
Q u an tum g lo r i f ic S u i t le & in d e l i c i i s fu i t , ta n tum d a te i l l i t o r »
m e n tum Sc ludbum.
L o q u itu r e n im de ty ra n n id e a b om in a t io n is p a p a lis .E t lo n g e
a lite r lo q u itu r ,q u am ij,q u i c o n te n d u n t ,n o n effe p e rp e tu o in Pa#
x . B b b b b iij p a tum