. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. the spot where Huss haddied. The executioner was about to apply fire from the rear, but he said, Lightit where I can see it. If I had feared this, I would not be here. Seeing a poorand ignorant old man bringing fagots, he smiled and said: Holy simplicity ! Theguilt is his who has misled thee. He was of more vigorous frame than Huss,and his agouy lasted longer, but he bore it with entire dignity and firmness.^Eneas Sylvius, afterwards pope, joins the two as models of forti
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. the spot where Huss haddied. The executioner was about to apply fire from the rear, but he said, Lightit where I can see it. If I had feared this, I would not be here. Seeing a poorand ignorant old man bringing fagots, he smiled and said: Holy simplicity ! Theguilt is his who has misled thee. He was of more vigorous frame than Huss,and his agouy lasted longer, but he bore it with entire dignity and firmness.^Eneas Sylvius, afterwards pope, joins the two as models of fortitude In thejudgment of his contemporaries, Jeromes ending atoned for his former errors;and we may take the same view. John of Chlum, the steady friend of Huss, was brought to a recantation likethat of Jerome. As he was a nobleman and not a scholar, no particulars of theproceedings in his case remain; but doubtless it was under heavy pressure, andfrom the lips, not from the heart, that he justified the execution of his friends,and swore to maintain the faith, not as it is in Jesus, but as it was according at <J od .^900 tb w M&toiwtf TCas m ft toflPftpug atgob ell? pin$5 tbe^u m9) tojwm? FAC-SIMILE OF A PART OF WICIJFS BIBLE. \i ) i
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