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Against the peasants 10/26/26(Mon)01:39:47 No.18757799

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Against the peasants Anonymous 10/26/26(Mon)01:39:47 No.18757799

Wow, this guy really hated the German working class

Luther:
>Christ commands when he says, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's" [Luke 20:25]. And Romans 13:1 says "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities." Since they are now deliberately and violently breaking this oath of obedience and setting themselves in opposition to their masters, they have forfeited and
soul, as faithless, perjured, lying, disobedient rascals and scoundrels usually do.
>Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay, and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel. It is just as when one must kill a mad dog;
>For baptism does not make men free in and but in soul;
>This not a time to sleep. And there is no place for patience or mercy. This is the time of the sword, not the day of grace.
>Thus, anyone who is killed fighting on the side of the rulers may be a true martyr in the eyes God, if he fights with the kind of conscience I have just described, for he acts in obedience to God's word.
>On the Other hand, anyone who perishes
on the peasants' side is an eternal firebrand of hell, for he bears the sword against God's word and is disobedient to him, and is a member of the devil.
>And even if the peasants happen to gain the upper hand to God all things are possible, and we do not know whether it may be his will, through the devil, to destroy all rule and order and cast the world upon a desolate heap, as a prelude to the Last Day, which cannot far off
>A pious Christian ought to suffer a hundred deaths rather than give a hairsbreadth of consent to the peasants' cause.
>Let whoever can stab, smite, slay. If you die in doing it, good for you! A more blessed death can never be yours, for you die while obeying the divine word and commandment in Romans 13:1-2
>If anyone thinks this too harsh, let him remember that rebellion is intolerable and
that the destruction of the world is to be expected every hour.