Page 24 - 08 Luther Before the Diet

Zwingli had arrived at a clearer

understanding of its truths, and had more

fully experienced in himself its renewing

power. The fall of man and the plan of

redemption were the subjects upon which he

dwelt. “In Adam,” he said, “we are all dead,

sunk in corruption and condemnation.”—

Wylie, b. 8, ch. 9. “Christ ... has purchased for

us a never-ending redemption.... His passion

is ... an eternal sacrifice, and everlastingly

effectual to heal; it satisfies the divine justice

forever in behalf of all those who rely upon it

with firm and unshaken faith.” Yet he clearly

taught that men are not, because of the grace

of Christ, free to continue in sin. “Wherever

there is faith in God, there God is; and

wherever God abideth, there a zeal exists

urging and impelling men to good works.”—

D'Aubigne, b. 8, ch. 9.