It was no small virtue, in that age, to rise to such a height.

We know what Calvinists, Zwinglians, Lutherans, have done in the Netherlands, in Germany, in Switzerland, and almost a century later in New England.

It is, therefore, with increased veneration that we regard this large and truly catholic mind.

His tolerance proceeded from no indifference.

No man can read his private writings, or form a thorough acquaintance with his interior life, without recognizing him as a deeply religious man.