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If I could today become king or emperor, I would not give up my office as preacher.

If I could today become king or emperor, I would not give up my office as preacher.

Martin Luther
Kings, Giving Up, Office

God uses lust to impel men to marry, ambition to office, avarice to earning, and fear to faith. God led me like an old blind goat.

Martin Luther
Ambition, Men, Office

Astrology is framed by the devil, to the end people may be scared from entering into the state of matrimony, and from every divine and human office and calling.

Martin Luther
Astrology, People, Office
Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.343

Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be our reward if we labor faithfully.

Martin Luther
Gratitude, Office, Temptation

It is the duty of a prudent minister of God to hold his ministry in honor and to see to it that it is respected by those who are in his charge. Moreoever, it is the duty of a faithful minister not to exceed his powers and not to abuse his office in pride, but, rather, to administer it for the benefit of his subjects.

Martin Luther
Pride, Office, Faithful
Martin Luther (1961). “Lectures on Romans”, p.6, Westminster John Knox Press

Angels are our true and trusty servants, performing offices and works that one poor miserable mendicant would be ashamed to do for another.

Martin Luther
Angel, Office, Would Be
Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.246

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