Protestantism in Sweden and Denmark - James Aitken Wylie
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lessed light arose upon the whole k<strong>in</strong>gdom. Not<br />
only were the Danes enabled to read the Scriptures<br />
of the New Testament; <strong>in</strong> their own tongue, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Psalms of David, which were also often sung both<br />
<strong>in</strong> their churches <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> their fields <strong>and</strong> on their<br />
highways, but they had likewise numerous<br />
expounders of the Div<strong>in</strong>e Word, <strong>and</strong> preachers of<br />
the Gospel, who opened to them the founta<strong>in</strong>s of<br />
salvation. The l<strong>and</strong> enjoyed a gentle spr<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Eschew<strong>in</strong>g the snares which the darkness had<br />
concealed, <strong>and</strong> walk<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the new paths which the<br />
light had discovered to them, the <strong>in</strong>habitants<br />
showed forth <strong>in</strong> abundance <strong>in</strong> their lives the fruits<br />
of the Gospel, which are purity <strong>and</strong> peace.[10]<br />
Footnotes :<br />
1. Olivar., Vita Pauli Elliae, p. 113 - Gerdes., tom.<br />
3, p 375.<br />
2. Gerdesius, tom. 3, p. 376.<br />
3. "Veram Christi Missam esse Jesu Christi<br />
paenarum ac mortis commemorationem, <strong>in</strong> qua<br />
ejus corpus editur ac sanguis potatur <strong>in</strong> certum<br />
pignus," etc. (Confessio Hafniensis, 1530. art.<br />
164
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