. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. sulphur, leaving this un-savoury odour behind it. Thus died John Huss onhis forty-second birth-day.—His disciple, Jerome ofPrague, had fled from Constance as soon as he foundthat there was no hope of saving his friend ; but wassoon arrested and thrown into prison, where thepangs of hunger and sickness so wrought upon hisspirit that he recanted. When brought before thecouncil, however, his courage returned, and he boldlydeclared that
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. sulphur, leaving this un-savoury odour behind it. Thus died John Huss onhis forty-second birth-day.—His disciple, Jerome ofPrague, had fled from Constance as soon as he foundthat there was no hope of saving his friend ; but wassoon arrested and thrown into prison, where thepangs of hunger and sickness so wrought upon hisspirit that he recanted. When brought before thecouncil, however, his courage returned, and he boldlydeclared that he would not retract a tittle of what hehad taught. So heroic was his bearing, that cardinalPoggio called him a second Cato. I will not abjuremy belief, continued Jerome, for my sainted masterhath with reason and justice written against your false MARTYRDOM OF JOHN HUSS. 171 doctrines, your shameless lives and evil me, if ye list, but in this belief will I live anddie. When the executioner was proceeding to lightthe faggots behind him, he called out, Light therabefore my face: for if I had been afraid of fire, 1 hadnot stood here this
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