30. The church of Rome has canonised Augustin and reprobated
Calvin. Yet, as the real difference between them is
invisible even to a theological microscope, the Molinists
are oppressed by the authority of the saint, and the
Jansenists are disgraced by their resemblance to the
heretic. In the meanwhile the Protestant Arminians stand
aloof and deride the mutual perplexity of the disputants
(see a curious Review of the Controversy by Le Clerc,
Bibliotheque Universelle, tom. xiv. p. 144-398). Perhaps a
reasoner still more independent may smile in his turn when
he peruses an Arminian Commentary on the Epistle to the
Romans.