Is the spirit, life, purity, and divine simplicity of the gospel truth any less deluded, lost, and destroyed by the Protestant’s worship of letters and learning, then by Romish images of wood, gold, or clay that are set forth as the supposed means of exciting devotion? O vainest of all vain projects, to argue that the one is better than the other. For what is Christianity but Christ living His resurrected life through the members of His body which is the Church? What can this Church be but that which it is and has from Christ the head by His Spirit ministering to each member of the body as He wills it? He is a King, who has all power in heaven and earth; and the reality and power of His kingdom are not like the outward organization and display of earthly kingdoms; but it must have its highest authority and reality in the hearts of men. Away, then, with the projects of popish pomp, and the pagan learning and fleshly methods of Protestants; they are not more wise contrivances than a high tower of Babel to provide a way to heaven!

The Power of the Spirit - William Law