Reformation and Restoration. By Prof. W. M. Blackburn, D. D. [pp. 348-369]

Reformation and Restoration.
marked, in both the General Survey and the Analysis of the
Second Gospel, have we found the moulding influence cf
what was historically ascertained to be the organic idea of
the Gospel. Imperfect as the tracing has necessarily been, the
minute details, the general scope and particular plan, unite
with Clement and Jerome in deciding this to be-in distinction from Matthew, the Gospel for the Jew, Luke, the Gospel
for the Greek, and John, the Gospel for the Christian-the
Gospelfor the Romnan.
ART. II.-The Reformation of the ChIurch of England: Its
Iristory, Principle.,, and Results. A. D. 1514-1517. By
Rev. John Henry Blunt, M. A., F. S. A. London, 1868.
THERE were two stages in the great religious movement of
the sixteenth century. In the one the aim was to reform the
existing papal church: in the other, to restore that which was
truly primitive and apostolic. The one was largely ecclesiastical, having reference to the external affairs of polity, ritual,
and the removal of vast evils and oppressions. The other
was more theological and spiritual, on the principle that true
doctrine would secure right practice, living faith would assure
sincere and godly worship, while the polity of the church
should be settled by the Word of God, the sole authority in
all matters of religion. The first was more fully under the
direction of councils and civil legislatures, so that the scriptural views of the most advanced reformers were often compromised by the voice and vote of men who were anxious to conserve the system under which they had been born. We see
this result in various English Convocations and Parliaments,
in several German Diets, and in the Council of Trent. The
advanced party was a minority; the most thorough measures
were voted down. The second stage of the movement was due,
in a greater degree, to personal influence, to the truth as discovered and set forth by such individuals as Luthler, Zwingli,
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