. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. CHAPTER XIX. ZISCA OF THE N leaving: Prague August 22a, 1420, Zisca had two objects in-view; to avoid a breach with the Calixtines, andkeep his forces occupied in suppressing theperial party throughout the kingdom. Reso-lute and ruthless, he had no pity for the enemies:>f his cause, and they were unable to resist or:o escape him. At Kniczan, a league from thecapital, he burned the church and sevenpriests. He meant to spare Prachatitz, wherehe had studied in youth
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. CHAPTER XIX. ZISCA OF THE N leaving: Prague August 22a, 1420, Zisca had two objects in-view; to avoid a breach with the Calixtines, andkeep his forces occupied in suppressing theperial party throughout the kingdom. Reso-lute and ruthless, he had no pity for the enemies:>f his cause, and they were unable to resist or:o escape him. At Kniczan, a league from thecapital, he burned the church and sevenpriests. He meant to spare Prachatitz, wherehe had studied in youth, but it refused to openits gates at his summons, and shared the com-mon fate of towns taken by assault. Overeighty were burned, and two hundred andthirty slain in the streets. The strange con-fusion of mediaeval ideas was shown in hisreply to appeals for mercy: We must fulfil the law of the Lord Christ in yourblood. Like some of the Puritans in later ages, he seemed to have studied theOld rather than the New Testament, and to imagine that the Prince of Peace hadcome into the world frowning and sword in hand. Sigismund had raised a new army, and cam
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