God works by contraries so that a man feels himself to be lost in the very moment when he is on the point of being saved.

We may well lie with what seems to be a woman of flesh and blood, and yet all the time it is only a devil in the shape of a woman.

In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.

Christ and his word can hardly be recognized because of the great vermin of human ordinances. However, let this suffice for the time being on their lies against doctrine or faith.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.

Let whatsoever will or can befall me, I will surely cleave by my sweet Savior Christ Jesus, for in Him am I baptized; I can neither do nor know anything but only what He has taught me.

At Poltersberg, there is a lake similarly cursed. If you throw a stone into it, a dreadful storm immediately arises, and the whole neighboring district quakes to its centre. 'Tis the devils kept prisoner there.