Why are the words "God help" written in runes in the church in my city?

So, context:

The church is the Dome/Cathedral of Lund.

The inscriptions were made in 1525 by the German mason Adam van Düren as he had finished his extensive renovation of the building.

Inscription 1: van Düren is apparently lamenting what an enormous task he just completed.

Pic. 2 The inscription on the "skin" in the middle of the picture apparently says (freely translated)

He is surely an ass/ Who takes upon him more than he can bear.

The inscription at the base of the pillar (under the sculptures) says

O Lord, what end will it bring, when we our own fragility do not comprehend.

Inscription 2: From the base of a pillar that now stands in the nearby museum connected to the Cathedral, here van Düren complements "GOD HELP" with "children of Adam" (in Latin letters). This inscription is a commemoration of a nearby battle/massacre during a peasant's uprising the very same year van Düren finished his work at the Cathedral.

GOD HELP the children of Adam; the beginning is easy, the end is arduous. When this was written in 1525, the Friday after s:t Mark's day, there was great lamentation in Lund; there over 1500 were shot dead and beaten; over that, the women of Skåne may wail.

Pic. 2 Close-up of the runic inscription.

So QUESTION:

Why runes? Seriously, why is "God help" written in runes?

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