In Germany from the Leipsic Disputation to the Diet at Worms - James Aitken Wylie

now I freely give to you."
Traversing ground every foot-breadth of which
was familiar as forming the scene of his childhood,
he came soon after to Eisenach, the city of the good
"Shunammite." It must have called up many
memories. Over it towered the Wartburg, where the
Reformer was to open the second stage of his
career, although this was hidden as yet. At every
step his courage was put to the test. The nearer he
drew to Worms the louder grew the threats of his
enemies, the greater the fears of his friends. "They
will burn you and reduce your body to ashes, as
they did that of John Huss," said one to him. His
reply was that of a hero, but it was clothed in the
grand imagery of the poet. "Though they should
kindle a fire," said he, "all the way from Worms to
Wittemberg, the flames of which reached to
heaven, I would walk through it in the name of the
Lord, I would appear before them, I would enter
the jaws of this Behemoth, and confess the Lord
Jesus Christ between his teeth."
All the way from Eisenach to Frankfort-on-the
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