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A general reform must be effected.”—Ibid., b.

7, ch. 4.

A more able and forcible denunciation of the

papal abuses could not have been presented

by Luther himself; and the fact that the

speaker was a determined enemy of the

Reformer's gave greater influence to his

words.

Had the eyes of the assembly been opened,

they would have beheld angels of God in the

midst of them, shedding beams of light

athwart the darkness of error and opening

minds and hearts to the reception of truth. It

was the power of the God of truth and

wisdom that controlled even the adversaries

of the reformation, and thus prepared the

way for the great work about to be

accomplished. Martin Luther was not