[Hebrews 10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.Hebrews 10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.—KJV] In The Netherlands the papal tyranny very early called forth resolute protest. Seven hundred years before Luther’s time the RomanContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Netherlands and Scandinavia—Chapter 13, Part 1”
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The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 6
[Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.—KJV] The city had already declared for the Reformation when Calvin, after various wanderings and vicissitudes, entered its gates. Returning from a last visit to his birthplace, he was on his way to Basel, when, finding theContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 6”
The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 5
[“Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord.” Zechariah 4:6. ] A solemn oath to extirpate heresy was taken in the great cathedral where, nearly three centuries later, the Goddess of Reason was to be enthroned by a nation that had forgotten the living God. Again the procession formed, and the representativesContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 5”
The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 4
[Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!—KJV] The French Reformers, eager to see their country keeping pace with Germany and Switzerland, determined to strike a bold blow against the superstitions of Rome,Continue reading “The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 4”
The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 3
[Jeremiah 20:8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.Jeremiah 20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heartContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 2
[Of Louis de Berquin, this was said:] “The most learned of the nobles of France,” his genius and eloquence, his indomitable courage and heroic zeal, and his influence at court,—for he was a favorite with the king,—caused him to be regarded by many as one destined to be the Reformer of his country. Said Beza:Continue reading “The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 1
[2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is ofContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The French Reformation—Chapter 12, Part 1”