When the armies of King Philip of Spain were seeking to crush
liberty and life out of the people of the Netherlands, an
evangelist named Philippe de Marnix was flung into prison by the
Spaniards. The captive acted as did Luther in the castle of the
Wartburg, and as did John Bunyan in Bedford jail, for he at once
commenced the translation of the Bible into his native Dutch
language. And just as Martin Luther’s translation of the Bible
became the regenerating agency in Germany, so did the version
of Marnix prove to be the corner-stone of the Dutch republic.
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=Bible, Translation of, into Life=--See VERSION, HIS MOTHER’S.
=Bible, Use of=--See RELIGION DIFFUSED.