17. Before the diet rose the cities Kempten, Heilbronn Windsheim, and Weisenburg also subscribed; and afterwards many more. It was immediately printed and soon spread all over Europe, and was translated into various languages. It thus became of great service to the Protestant cause; for it was a very able document and was drawn up in a most judicious manner.--Murdock.
18. The Protestant princes had held that the election of Ferdinand to be king of the Romans was contrary to the laws of the empire.
19. Luther himself testifies to this. In the Latin preface to the first volume of his works, the Reformer says: "In the year 1517, when I was a young preacher, and dissuaded the people from purchasing indulgences. * * * I felt assured I should have the pope on my side: for he himself, in his public decrees had condemned the excesses of his agents in this business."
20. The foregoing six statements of fact I have summarized from M. Guizot's excellent work on the Civilization of Europe.
21. D'Aubigne's Hist. Ref., vol. I, pages 82, 83.
22. D'Aubigne's Hist. Ref., vol. I; book III, page 119.
24. Milner's Ch. Hist., vol. IV; page 514.
25. Men desire to do good works before their sins are forgiven, whilst it is necessary for sin to be forgiven before men can perform good works. It is not the works that expel sin; but the sin being expelled good works follow. For good works must be performed with a joyful heart, with a good conscience towards God, that is, with remission of sins.--D'Aubigne's Hist. Ref., vol. 1, page 117. "The works of the righteous themselves would be mortal sins, unless being filled with holy reverence for the Lord, they feared that their works might in truth be mortal sins."--Ibid, page 119.
26. Milner's Ch. Hist., vol. IV., page 379.
27. D'Aubigne's Hist. Ref., vol. III, page 340.
29. Mosheim's Eccl. Hist. (Murdock,) vol. III., page 147 (second edition.)
30. This doctrine was called Antinomianism; many believed it and followed it to its very extremes.
31. From Luther's Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians, quoted by Milner, vol. IV., page 520.
32. D'Aubigne's Hist. Ref., vol. I., page 15.
35. Milner's Church Hist., vol. iv, page 500.
36. Such is the cause assigned for the Reformation by Catholics: John Milner, the noted Catholic divine, author of The End of Religious Controversy, p. 105, says: "As to Martin Luther, he testifies, and calls God to witness the truth of his testimony that it was not willingly (that is, not from a previous discovery of the falsehood of his religion,) but from accident, (namely, a quarrel with the Dominican friars, and afterwards with the pope) that he fell into his broils about religion."