Profitable Calm—Constitution of the Church—Philip of Hesse—The Monk of Marburg—Lambert’s Paradoxes—Friar Boniface—Disputation at Homburg—
Triumph of the Gospel in Hesse—Constitution of the Church—Bishops—Synods—
Two Elements of the Church—Luther on the Ministry—Organisation of the Church—
Luther’s Contradictions on State Interference—Luther to the Elector—German Mass—Melancthon’s Instructions—Disaffection—Visitation of the Reformed Churches—Results—The Reformation advances—Elizabeth of Brandenburg CHAPTER 4
Edict of Ofen—Persecutions—Winkler, Carpenter, and Keyser—Alarm in Germany—Pack’s Forgery—League of the Reformed Princes—Advice of the Reformers—Luther’s Pacific Counsel—Surprise of the Papist Princes—Pack’s Scheme not improbable—Vigour of the Reformation