Reformation of Church and State has always been the ground of our divisions in England.

[Footnote 20: "Reformation" in 4to and 8vo editions, but Tindal's word is "Restoration."

The Reformation was a revival.

Moral reformation is an act of divine grace, and the merit of human volition consists only in not resisting this.

The reformation of Luther was a grand protest against spiritual tyranny.

But faith, I have laid aside all these Vanities, now I have thought of Matrimony; but I desire my Reformation may be a Secret, because, as you know, for a Man of my Address, and the rest'tis not altogether so Jantee.

Neither is this a matter to be deferred till a more convenient time of peace and leisure: Because a reformation in men's faith and morals is the best natural, as well as religious means, to bring the war to a good conclusion.

The Protestant Reformation, in its various relations, was a movement of transcendent importance.

The Reformation was the thin end of the wedge, it was the first denial of authority, and you see what it has led tomodern scepticism and modern pessimism.

And as time went on, and that offending, staring slipper slipped into his hand every time he searched the closet in the dark for a left patent-leather pump, or some other missing bit of foot-gear, the conviction grew upon him that of the great reforms of which the world stood in crying need, the reformation of the Christmas gift was possibly the most important.

This reformation was not merely the effect of an excellent ear, and a superlative command of gratifying it by sounding language; it was, we have seen, the effect of close, accurate, and continued study of the power of the English tongue.

William Tyndale, 1490?-1536.The Reformation was another mighty influence, working side by side with all the other forces to effect a lasting change in English history and literature.

But reformation is seldom the work of pure virtue or unassisted reason.

The Reformation, the great Rebellion, and the Revolution, all of which are embraced in the period of which it treats, are events of such surpassing importance, and such all-pervading and lasting influence, that no subsequent transactions can ever attract entirely equal attention.

Reformation of the criminal by and during his imprisonment should be one chief object of his punishment, but a just sentence for the offence is not to be prolonged either for education or reformation, unless expressly sanctioned by law, as in the case of reformatories.

No doubt the Protestant reformation was largely a business of dukes and princes, but the underlying spirit of that revolt also lay in the German national character.