Protestantism in Sweden and Denmark - James Aitken Wylie
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posted guards around the churches, they defended<br />
the open squares by draw<strong>in</strong>g cha<strong>in</strong>s across them,<br />
<strong>and</strong> they went to sermon with arms <strong>in</strong> their h<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
At length there came another <strong>in</strong>timation of the<br />
royal will, comm<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g the disaffected party to<br />
desist from these violent proceed<strong>in</strong>gs, <strong>and</strong> giv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the citizens of Viborg full liberty to attend on the<br />
preach<strong>in</strong>g of the Gospel.[16]<br />
Foiled <strong>in</strong> his own city <strong>and</strong> diocese, the Bishop<br />
of Viborg now took measures for extend<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
war over the k<strong>in</strong>gdom. The expulsion of Taussan<br />
from the convent had set the city <strong>in</strong> flames; but the<br />
bishop had failed to learn the lesson taught by the<br />
<strong>in</strong>cident, <strong>and</strong> so, without <strong>in</strong>tend<strong>in</strong>g it, he laid the<br />
tra<strong>in</strong> for sett<strong>in</strong>g the whole country on fire. He<br />
convoked the three other bishops of Fionia<br />
(Jutl<strong>and</strong>), the most ancient <strong>and</strong> largest prov<strong>in</strong>ce of<br />
<strong>Denmark</strong>, <strong>and</strong>, hav<strong>in</strong>g addressed them on the<br />
emergency that had arisen, the bishops<br />
unanimously agreed to leave no stone unturned to<br />
expel Lutheranism from <strong>Denmark</strong>. Mistrust<strong>in</strong>g<br />
their own skill <strong>and</strong> strength, however, for the<br />
accomplishment of this task, they east their eyes<br />
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