_The Confutatio Pontificia:
         In Reference To The Matters Presented To His Imperial Majesty
          By The Elector Of Saxony And Some Princes And States Of The
            Holy Roman Empire, On The Subject And Concerning Causes
           Pertaining To The Christian Orthodox Faith, The Following
                Christian Reply Can Be Given._ August 3, 1530.
                              Edited by J.M. Reu.
                                 Published in
              _The Augsburg Confession, A Collection of Sources._
     (Fort Wayne, IN: Concordia Theological Seminary Press), pp. 349-383.


                                To Article XIX.

 The nineteenth article is likewise approved and accepted. For God, the
 supremely good, is not the author of evils, but the rational and defectible
 will is the cause of sin; wherefore let no one impute his midsdeeds and crimes
 to God, but to himself, according to Jer. 2:19: "Thine own wickedness shall
 correct thee and thy backslidings shall reprove thee;" and Hos. 13:9: "O
 Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thy help." And David in the
 spirit acknowledged that God is not one that hath pleasure in wickedness, Ps.
 5:4.

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