must believe in free will, we have no choice!” Luther does in fact somewhat grudgingly admit to careful use of the language of willing. And he certainly uses it himself in his own writing and speaking. But his use of the language of willing seems to be a restricted one, restricted, we might say, to everyday use and communication but forbidden, or better yet, impossible with reference to God. The instance where this is proposed most clearly is in the well-known passage in which he makes a distinction