I have asked recently what was meant by Luther in his morning and evening prayers, "let your holy angel be with me..." e.g., does this point to Christ as the Holy Angel, or possibly the Holy Spirit making these trinitarian prayers, or a particular angel? I have looked in Triglotta at the Latin and German the "Angel" is indeed singular not plural, "angels." So this text was at least interesting with possible parallels to that prayer. If anyone has ideas as to this question I would be happy to hear them.... I have italicized the two sentences that, to me, sounded a bit like those morning and evening prayers.
The second point that I liked in this passage is Luther's point on the histories of men versus the sacred accounts of scripture.
AELW 4:107
"In Ps. 91:7, 11 it is stated: “A thousand will fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. For He will give His angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways.” He who holds firmly to this promise and meanwhile diligently does his duty in his place, which he knows has been assigned to him by God, even if some dangers or obstacles are put in his way, nevertheless has no doubt about a happy issue and favorable outcome but is convinced in his heart that all the angels will come flying from heaven to help and defend him rather than that any godly undertaking in accord with the Word of God should be in vain and useless. What you undertake on the strength of His Word must succeed, even though there were to be no angel remaining in heaven. In this the sacred accounts are therefore superior to the histories of the heathen; for in the former everything happens by God’s command, but in the latter it happens by chance and by the plans of men." (emphasis mine)
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