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2781 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 119.7 (James Aitken Wylie)

Nearer him, in Germany, a yet more terrible tempest was brewing. “So many odious attempts against the liberties of Germany brought on a revolution.” The nation …

2782 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 119 (James Aitken Wylie)

Chapter 24: Administration of Don John, and First Synod of Dort

2783 History of Protestantism, vol. 3

Little and Great Countries—Their respective Services to Religion and Liberty—The Pacification of Ghent brings with it an Element of Weakness—Divided …

2784 History of Protestantism, vol. 3

Picture: View of the Belfry: Ghent

2785 History of Protestantism, vol. 3

Picture: View on the Canal: Ghent.

2786 History of Protestantism, vol. 3

Picture: View of the Church of St. Laurence: Rotterdam.

2787 History of Protestantism, vol. 3

Picture: Don John of Austria

2788 History of Protestantism, vol. 3

Picture: The Prince of Orange in his Barge on his way to Brussels

2789 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 119.1 (James Aitken Wylie)

The great battles of religion and liberty have, as a rule, been fought not by the great, but by the little countries of the world. History supplies us with many …

2792 History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 119.1 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

The Elector of Saxony had given him a letter for the Count Palatine Wolfgang, duke of Bavaria. Luther repaired to his magnificent castle, the situation of …

2793 History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 119.2 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

But Luther had another task to perform. He must work while it is yet day. Having arrived at a university which exercised great influence over the west and south …

2794 History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 119.3 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

Heidelberg, at a later period, received the evangelical doctrine: those who were present at the conference in the convent might have foreseen that it would one day bear fruit.

2795 History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 119.4 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

Luther’s reputation had attracted a large audience; professors, students, courtiers, citizens, came in crowds. The following are some of the doctor’s Paradoxes …

2796 History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 119.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

1. “The law of God is a salutary doctrine of life. Nevertheless, it cannot aid man in attaining to righteousness; on the contrary, it impedes him.

2797 History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 119.6 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

3. “Man’s works, however fair and good they may be, are, however, to all appearance, nothing but deadly sins.

2798 History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 119.7 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

4. “God’s works, however unsightly and bad they may appear, have however an everlasting merit.

2799 History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 119.8 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

7. “The works of the righteous themselves would be mortal sins, unless, being filled with a holy reverence for the Lord, they feared that their works might in truth be mortal sins.

2800 History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 119.9 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)

9. “To say that works done out of Christ are truly dead, but not deadly, is a dangerous forgetfulness of the fear of God.