"The deputies had admonished the councilors to continue in the church, out of which, they declared, there was no salvation. Zwingli responded: “Let not this accusation move you. The foundation of the church is the same Rock, the same Christ, that gave Peter his name because he confessed Him faithfully. In every nation whosoever believes with all his heart in the Lord Jesus is accepted of God. Here, truly, is the church, out of which no one can be saved.”—D'Aubigne, London ed., b. 8, ch. 11. As a result of the conference, one of the bishop's deputies accepted the reformed faith. GC 181.1"
"But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him."
Zwingli's statement about God accepting believers in every nation directly reflects the principle expressed in Acts 10:35.
"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ."
Zwingli's statement about Christ being the foundation of the church directly reflects the principle expressed in 1 Corinthians 3:11.
"The council declined to take action against Zwingli, and Rome prepared for a fresh attack. The Reformer, when apprised of the plots of his enemies, exclaimed: “Let them come on; I fear them as the beetling cliff fears the waves that thunder at its feet.”—Wylie, b. 8, ch. 11. The efforts of the ecclesiastics only furthered the cause which they sought to overthrow. The truth continued to spread. In Germany its adherents, cast down by Luther's disappearance, took heart again, as they saw the progress of the gospel in Switzerland. GC 181.2"
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"
Both passages express a lack of fear in the face of opposition, relying on a higher power for strength and protection. Zwingli's analogy of the cliff and the waves thematically parallels the sentiment in Psalm 27:1.
"As the Reformation became established in Zurich, its fruits were more fully seen in the suppression of vice and the promotion of order and harmony. “Peace has her habitation in our town,” wrote Zwingli; “no quarrel, no hypocrisy, no envy, no strife. Whence can such union come but from the Lord, and our doctrine, which fills us with the fruits of peace and piety?”— Ibid., b. 8, ch. 15. GC 181.3"
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"
The connection is strong. The EGW passage describes the positive results of the Reformation in Zurich, including peace and harmony, which directly parallels the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22, including love, joy, and peace. Zwingli's quote explicitly links this peace to their doctrine.
"The victories gained by the Reformation stirred the Romanists to still more determined efforts for its overthrow. Seeing how little had been accomplished by persecution in suppressing Luther's work in Germany, they decided to meet the reform with its own weapons. They would hold a disputation with Zwingli, and having the arrangement of matters, they would make sure of victory by choosing, themselves, not only the place of the combat, but the judges that should decide between the disputants. And if they could once get Zwingli into their power, they would take care that he did not escape them. The leader silenced, the movement could speedily be crushed. This purpose, however, was carefully concealed. GC 181.4"
"They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service."
The EGW passage describes the Romanists' plot to capture and silence Zwingli, mirroring the persecution and even killing of believers that Jesus predicted in John 16:2. The verse highlights the persecutors' belief that they are serving God, which aligns with the Romanists' conviction that suppressing the Reformation was a righteous act.