dilemma that presented itself to the leaders of the Reformation, and which was an emerging issue of faith that would disturb some quarters of Protestantism for the better part of three centuries. Should we expect, they asked, that the manner of our conversions match that of Paul’s? Some of the early reformers said “Yes” and frowned on talk of a preparation for grace. In England, for example, William Tyndale (and later Peter Martyr) taught the seizure model of grace as a lighting flash, in accordance