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The reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of god, in delivering the church from bondage to prelates, did not make it a tumultuous multitude, in which every man was a law to himself, free to believe, and free to do what he pleased.
-Charles Hodge
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The Reformers, Therefore, As Instruments In The

Charles Hodge
The reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of god, in delivering the church from bondage to prelates, did not make it a tumultuous multitude, in which every man was a law to himself, free to believe, and free to do what he pleased.
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