In his Church Order (Cerkovna ordninga, 1564) Trubar also wrote down how a preacher should visit and comfort the sick. One of these sermons is for people whom a long illness has led to doubt God’s grace and to despair.
The sick person complains: I call to God, others pray for me, yet things only get worse – so God does not hear me. Trubar gives the preacher a gentle answer: “My dear brother,” the devil always grabs us where we are weakest. These thoughts are not yours; you must bear them, and God has not left you.
The text comes from the critical edition Cerkveni red (ZRC SAZU, 2014), edited by Kozma Ahačič, with a translation into modern Slovene (pages 426–442). It is meant for the sick, their families and everyone who visits them. The PDF is in Slovene.