117. The furious spirit of Luther, the effect of temper and
enthusiasm, has been forcibly attacked (Bossuet, Hist. des
Variations des Eglises Protestantes, livre i. p. 20-36) and
feebly defended (Seckendorf, Comment. de Lutheranismo,
especially l. i. No. 78, p. l 20, and l. iii. No. 122, p.
556).