Deuteronomy
20, verse 1
"When
thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest
horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not
afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt".
horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not
afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt".
Let
men say what they will, or pick holes where they may, they will never
succeed in disproving these facts. To the Reformation, Englishmen owe
an English Bible, and liberty for every man to read it. To the Reformation,
they owe the knowledge of the way of peace with God, and of the right
of every sinner to go straight to Christ by faith, without bishop, priest,
or minister standing in his way. To the Reformation, they owe a Scriptural
standard of morality and holiness such as our ancestors never dreamed
of.
For ever let us be thankful for these inestimable mercies.
For ever let us be thankful for these inestimable mercies.
... Bishop J. C. Ryle (1816-1900),
Five English Reformers
