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merits upon their heresy ; and was satisfied that their own corrupt leaders were the persons on whom the charge ought to falh * The dead must bury their deafl , ' thought she , ' and I must follow my Lord . Even Martin ' s gospel teaches this . ' So she still turned her head another way , when a petitioner would have obtained notice , still gathered up her garment when the hand of the excommunicated would have laid hold of it . still , when she saw a
sufferer in the way , passed by on the other side . Her prayers , when they were the most sincere , expressed the most thankfulness that she was not as others , and therefore nourished in her the painful sense of uncongeniality , instead of changing it into free and heartsome sympathy , and increased instead of allaying the restlessness of spirit which arises when the easy yoke is uneasily worn .
Ere long , tidings arrived at Nuremberg , which created a greater commotion than had been excited even by the breaking up of the monasteries . Martin himself was coming . He had left his retreat for some time , and had preached in many places against the excessive zeal of some of his followers ; and now he was travelling from Wittemberg into Franconia , where the violence of Carlostadius and his followers had occasioned some
disasters , to declare his displeasure at such unauthorized methods of spreading the gospel of peace . His name was now in every mouth , and there was a general contention for the honour of entertaining him during his stay . Liese lingered and listened anxiously to the hopes and fears of the Hiisens , as to whether the confessor could be persuaded to take up his abode with them ,
on the plea of the services they had rendered to the great cause . Others , however , had rendered equal services , and could besides boast of a more familiar personal acquaintance ; and some of these having carried their point , nothing was left for the Hiisens bvit to hope that he would break bread under their roof . Liese was thus relieved from her doubts whether she should venture to
remain in the house which held the arch-heretic . She comforted herself with the thought that accident might throw him in her way , and gratify her curiosity while it saved her conscience . The great day arrived , the morning meal was hurried over , the early service of the family offered with peculiar fervour , before the gentlemen set off to meet the distinguished body of reformers who were supposed to be now approaching the city . At dinner , the
conversation was all of the hearty frankness with which Martin had received the welcome of the citizens , of the grace of Melancthon , as he would have retired behind those whom he declared more worthy of a welcome than himself , of the promise of both to visit this house during their stay , of the general joy which was spread through the city , and the intense expectation with which the preaching of the evening was awaited . Liese longed inexpressibly to go . She watched Laura with a si gh as she equipped
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1832, page 243, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1810/page/27/
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