Excerpt from History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century

Shall we not acknowledge the hand' of God in those great men, or in those mighty nations which arise, as it were, from the dust of the earth, and give a new impulse, a new form, or a new destiny to human affairs? Shall we not acknowledge His hand in those heroes who spring up among men at appointed times, who display activity and energy beyond the ordinary limits of human strength, and around whom individuals and nations gather, as if to a superior and mysterious power? Who launched them into the expanse of ages, like comits of vast extent and ¿aming trains, appearing at long intervals, to scatter among the superstitious tribes of men anticipations of plenty and joy, or of calamity and terror? Who but God himself? Alexander would seek his own origin in the abodes of the Divinity. And in the most irreligious age there is no eminent glory but such as is seen seeking to connect itself with the idea of Divine interposition.

If God is supreme in history, Christ is supreme in the Church. Evangelical faith appeals to the understanding, to the heart, and to the will of every Christian, only to impose on him the duty of submitting to the Divine authority of Christ, of listening, believing, loving, comprehending, and acting as God requires.

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