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and other writings, they are correctly and without any doubt devoted to the straightforward confession of the Augsburg Confession The primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church, established in 1530, used here to prove the group is not a heretical sect., and are thus to be considered good Lutherans: especially since they derive their name original: "denomination" from the coat of arms of Master Luther, in which a Rose is placed with a Cross enclosed within it The "Luther Rose" was Martin Luther's personal seal, featuring a black cross inside a red heart, which sits in the center of a white rose..
Furthermore, they can in no way be viewed or held as rebels, or as those who wish to sow unrest and insurrection between the Authorities and their Subjects, or among other estates in the land; rather, they profess themselves roundly and clearly to be under the obedience of the highest original: "summi" — the sentence is incomplete, likely intended to be "summi Magistratus" or "highest magistrate/sovereign."