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Protestantism in Sweden and Denmark - James Aitken Wylie

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who shirked [4] them was guilty of notorious s<strong>in</strong>?<br />

The Romish doctor, <strong>in</strong> support<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

affirmative, argued that the comm<strong>and</strong>s of the<br />

prelates were holy, hav<strong>in</strong>g for their object the<br />

salvation of men: that they were, <strong>in</strong> fact, the<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>s of God, as appeared from the eighth<br />

chapter of the Book of Proverbs, "By me pr<strong>in</strong>ces<br />

decree righteousness." The prelates were<br />

illum<strong>in</strong>ated with a s<strong>in</strong>gular grace; they knew how<br />

to repair, enlarge, <strong>and</strong> beautify the Church. They sit<br />

<strong>in</strong> Moses' seat; "hence I conclude," said Gallus,<br />

"that the decrees of the Fathers were given by the<br />

Holy Ghost, <strong>and</strong> are to be obeyed."<br />

The Protestant doctor replied that this<br />

confounded all dist<strong>in</strong>ction between the comm<strong>and</strong>s<br />

of God <strong>and</strong> the comm<strong>and</strong>s of man; that it put the<br />

latter on the same foot<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> po<strong>in</strong>t of authority with<br />

the former; that the Church was upheld by the<br />

promise of Christ, <strong>and</strong> not by the power of the<br />

Pope; <strong>and</strong> that she was fed <strong>and</strong> nourished by the<br />

Word <strong>and</strong> Sacraments, <strong>and</strong> not by the decrees of<br />

the prelates. Otherwise the Church was now more<br />

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