Let men say what they will, or pick holes where they may,
they will never succeed in disproving these facts. To the
Reformation, Englishmen owe an English Bible, and liberty for
every man to read it. To the Reformation, they owe the
knowledge of the way of peace with God, and of the right of
every sinner to go straight to Christ by faith, without bishop,
priest, or minister standing in his way. To the Reformation,
they owe a Scriptural standard of morality and holiness such as
our ancestors never dreamed of. For ever let us be thankful
for these inestimable mercies.
Bishop J. C. Ryle
English clergyman, born 1816, died 1900
from his book Five English Reformers
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