For, where God built a church, there the devil would also build a chapel.
Martin Luther (1483-1546) German priest, theologian, writer, religious reformer
Table Talk [Colloquia Mensalia], ch. 2 (1566) [tr. Bell]
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Herbert, who identifies it as a common phrase.
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