The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . orship it? Give it such worship,one of them answered, as St Paul speaks of, God forbid that I should glorysave in the cross—a lame and stupid explanation, which Cobham thought fit tobrush aside with contempt. Spreading his arms wide, he said, This is a cross,and better than your cross of wood, for God made this, and man the other; yetI will not seek to have it worshipped. Sir, said the Bishop of London,you know that Christ died on a material cross. Yes, he replied, and Ikn
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . orship it? Give it such worship,one of them answered, as St Paul speaks of, God forbid that I should glorysave in the cross—a lame and stupid explanation, which Cobham thought fit tobrush aside with contempt. Spreading his arms wide, he said, This is a cross,and better than your cross of wood, for God made this, and man the other; yetI will not seek to have it worshipped. Sir, said the Bishop of London,you know that Christ died on a material cross. Yes, he replied, and Iknow also that our salvation came not by the material cross, but by Him whodied thereon. And I know too that St. Paul rejoiced not in the cross itself, butin Christs sufferings and death, and suffered himself for the same truth. This was enough ; anxious to prove that the letter kills, the prelatescondemned Lord Cobham as a heretic, and sent him back to the Tower. Butas a man of integrity, dearly beloved by the king, his execution was delayed,and one night in November he found means to escape. While in hiding he sent. 240 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 241 messages to his brethren : secret meetings were held, and a revolt on a largescale organized. Few will blame the Lollards for conspiring to defend theirfaith ; but rebellion against the lawful king, especially on merely religiousgrounds, was seldom successful in England. The rising was put down in Fields, January 6th, 1414. This broke the power of Lollardry, and
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