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J_Edwards said:
Do you follow all of Dr. Luther's commands for baptism, "If a Jew, not converted at heart, were to ask baptism at my hands, I would take him on to the bridge, tie a stone round his neck, and hurl him into the river; for these wretches are wont to make a jest of our religion" (part of Luther's reply in 1541 to Doctor Menius' question, "In what manner a Jew should be baptized?"). What saith the Scripture is far more authoritative then what saith a mere man or confession.

I have previously condemned Luther's writings against the Jews on this board as an offense against the gospel. These writings are works of the devil for which Luther should have been publicly admonished and excommunicated if he failed to repent. My acceptance of the Large Catechism as being a statement of the doctrine of scripture against those who would deny scripture does not imply an acceptance of any of Luther's private writings.