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A new purpose now took possession of his

mind. “It was in the language of Israel,” said

he, “that the psalms were sung in the temple

of Jehovah; and shall not the gospel speak the

language of England among us? ... Ought the

church to have less light at noonday than at

the dawn? ... Christians must read the New

Testament in their mother tongue.” The

doctors and teachers of the church disagreed

among themselves. Only by the Bible could

men arrive at the truth. “One holdeth this

doctor, another that.... Now each of these

authors contradicts the other. How then can

we distinguish him who says right from him

who says wrong? ... How? ... Verily by God's

word.”—Ibid., b. 18, ch. 4.

It was not long after that a learned Catholic

doctor, engaging in controversy with him,

exclaimed: “We were better to be without