Protestantism in Sweden and Denmark - James Aitken Wylie
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<strong>and</strong> sisters of <strong>Denmark</strong>, wish<strong>in</strong>g grace <strong>and</strong> peace to<br />
them <strong>in</strong> God the Father <strong>and</strong> our Lord Jesus Christ."<br />
He bids them not be scared, by the bulls <strong>and</strong> other<br />
fulm<strong>in</strong>ation's of the Vatican, from read<strong>in</strong>g what<br />
God has written; that the object of Rome is to keep<br />
them bl<strong>in</strong>dfolded, that they may believe implicitly<br />
all the fables <strong>and</strong> dreams she chooses to tell them.<br />
God, he says, has sent them, <strong>in</strong> great mercy, the<br />
Light by which they may detect the frauds of the<br />
impostor. "Grace <strong>and</strong> remission of s<strong>in</strong>s," says he,<br />
"are nowhere save where the Gospel of God is<br />
preached. Whoever hears <strong>and</strong> obeys it, hears <strong>and</strong><br />
knows that he is forgiven, <strong>and</strong> has the assurance of<br />
eternal life; whereas, they who go to Rome for<br />
pardon br<strong>in</strong>g back noth<strong>in</strong>g but griefs, a seared<br />
conscience, <strong>and</strong> a bit of parchment sealed with<br />
wax."[6] The priests stormed, but the Bible did its<br />
work, <strong>and</strong> the good fruits appeared <strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
reign.<br />
Frederick, the uncle of Christian, <strong>and</strong> Duke of<br />
Holste<strong>in</strong> <strong>and</strong> Schleswig, was now upon the throne.<br />
A powerful priesthood, <strong>and</strong> an equally powerful<br />
nobility attached to the Romish Church, had<br />
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