A few faithful men arose from time to time, to proclaim new truth, and expose long-cherished error; but the majority, like the Jews in Christ's day, or the papists in the time of Luther, were content to believe as their fathers believed, and to live as they lived.
Watu wachache waaminifu waliinuka muda baada ya muda, kutangaza ukweli mpya, na kuyaweka wazi makosa yaliyokubaliwa kwa muda mrefu; lakini wengi, kama Wayahudi katika siku za Kristo, au mapapa katika kipindi cha Luther, walikuwa wameridhika kuamini kama mababa zao walivyoamini, na kuishi kama walivyoishi.