History of English Literature. Abridged From the Translation of H. Van Laun
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— ^he was led to the stake. His (Companion, Ridley, slept the night before as calmly, we are told, as ever he did in his life ; and when ready to be chained to the post, said aloud, "O heavenly Father, I give Thee most hearty thanks, for that Thou hast called me to be a professor of Thee, even unto death." Latimer in his turn, when they brought the * Latimer's Seven Sermons before Edward VI., ed. Edward Arber, 1869. Second sermon, pp. 73 and 74. l8o THE CHRISTIAN RENAISSANCE. lighted faggots, c...ried, " Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man : we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out." He then bathed his hands in the flames, and resigning his soul to God, expired. He had judged rightly: it is by this supreme proof that a creed demonstrates its power and gains its adherents ; martyr- doms are a sort of propaganda as well as a witness, and make converts while they make martyrs. All the writings of the time, and all the commentaries which may be added to them, are weak beside actions which, one after the other, shone forth at that time from doctors and from people, down to the most simple and ignorant.
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