You will perhaps object "that Luther is nothing to us." Most Reverend Gentlemen, I have not quoted him to insult you, or to throw any disrespect on you; for _you_ are certainly not to be _answerable_ for Luther's _deeds_. But I have quoted him to let you see, what kind of a genius, this father of the Reformation was, and I must now candidly ask, if you think he was _a fit_ person, to reform Christ's Church. Had he indeed begun, by endeavouring to _reform_ the devil himself, we might have pardoned his religious enthusiasm; but for him to tell us, that the _infallible_ Church of Christ, had fallen into error, and that he had come to reform it, under the instructions, and guidance of the master of lies, is _really_ most outrageous, and cannot be equalled by any thing, that I have either heard, or read on this side the grave. That the human mind, should be capable of falling into such dreadful delusion, would appear almost incredible, had not the Holy Ghost assured us, that God abandons to a reprobate sense, those who wish to change _truth_ into _falsehood_. (Romans i. 25-26.) Zuinglius, another bright son of the Reformation, professes to have learnt his main argument against the Real Presence from a spirit, which appeared to him in the night, but whether it was a _black_, or _white_ spirit he does not remember. However, he made great account, of this nightly instruction of his _unknown_ friend; read the place of Exodus, which had been pointed out to him by his _unknown_ friend, and afterwards preached before the whole congregation, on the subject of this _wonderful_ discovery. (Hosp. ii. p. 25-26.) Luther was positive and sure, that the devil, whom Oecolampadius, (another reformer,) employed, strangled him during the night in his bed. "This is the excellent master," continues Luther, "who taught Oecolampadius that there are contradictions in the Scripture. See," says Luther, "to what satan brings learned men." (De Miss. Priv. Luth.)