In Germany from the Leipsic Disputation to the Diet at Worms - James Aitken Wylie

that such a justification neither makes void the law,
inasmuch as it proceeds on the ground of a
righteousness that fulfils the law, nor leads to
licentiousness, inasmuch as the faith that takes hold
of righteousness for justification, operates in the
heart to its renewal, and a renewed heart is the
fountain of every holy virtue and of every good
work.
It was now, too, that Luther published his
famous appeal to the emperor, the princes, and the
people of Germany, on the Reformation of
Christianity. This was the most graphic,
courageous, eloquent, and spirit-stirring production
which had yet issued from his pen. It may be truly
said of it that its words were battles. The sensation
it produced was immense. It was the trumpet that
summoned the German nation to the great conflict.
"The time for silence," said Luther, "is past,
and the time to speak is come." And verily he did
speak.
In this manifesto Luther first of ail draws a
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