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A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…
A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of divinity, in a method entirely new. / By the late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New Jersey[.]
Boston: printed by Draper & Folsom, 1782
A HISTORY Of the WORK of REDEMPTION. › Period 3 › Part 2 › Section 1
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(4) Towards the latter part of this dark time, several noted divines openly appeared to defend the truth, and bear testimony against the corruptions of the church of Rome, and had many […], The first and principal of these was a certain English divine, whose name was John Wycliffe, who appeared about 140 years before the Reformation, and strenuously opposed the Popish religion, and taught the same doctrine that the Reformers afterwards did, and had many followers in England. He was hotly persecuted in his life-time, yet he died in peace; and after he was buried▪ his bones were dug up by his persecutors, and burnt. His followers remained in considerable numbers in England till the Reformation, ⟨p. 222⟩and were cruelly persecuted, and multitudes put to death for their religion.
(4) Towards the latter part of this dark time, several noted divines openly appeared to defend the truth, and bear testimony against the corruptions of the church of Rome, and had many 〈…〉, The first and principal of these was a certain English divine, whose name was John Wickliff, who appeared about 140 years before the Reformation, and strenuously opposed the Popish religion, and taught the same doctrine that the Reformers afterwards did, and had many followers in England. He was hotly persecuted in his life-time, yet he died in peace; and after he was buried▪ his bones were dug up by his persecutors, and burnt. His followers remained in considerable numbers in England till the Reformation, ⟨p. 222⟩and were cruelly persecuted, and multitudes put to death for their religion.
Wycliffe had many disciples and followers, not only in England, but in other parts of Europe, whither his books were carried; and particularly in Bohemia, among whom were two eminent divines, the name of one was John Hus, the other's name was Jerome, a divine belonging to Prague, the chief city of Bohemia. These strenuously opposed the church of Rome, and had many who adhered to them. They were both burnt by the Papists for thei doctrine; and their followers in Bohemia were cruelly persecuted, but never extirpated till the Reformation.