Philip Jacob Spener and His Work (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Philip Jacob Spener and His WorkThe Peace of Westphalia had settled the rights of religious parties in Germany but the Reform ers were dead, and the fervent Spirit that had stirred them to action, and to sacrifice, had been quenched in the long struggle for religious liberty. The Church had become the heritage of a genera tion Of warriors, who, while they preserved and protected her, had developed those passions which destroyed her Inner life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.