Christian heroes and martyrs (1895) (14595113378)

Identifier: christianheroesm00fost (find matches)
Title: Christian heroes and martyrs
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: (Foster, William A.) (from old catalog)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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suffer him ;and as often using the words of the martyred St. Stephen, Lord Jesus,receive my spirit! till the fury of the flames putting him to silence, hegave up the ghost. Thus died Thomas Cranmer, in the sixty-seventh year of his age.That he was a man of unusual abilities is shown by the high stationhe attained. The changes in the forms of worship in the reign ofEdward VI. were chiefly due to him. It was his voice that menheard, and still hear, in the words of the English liturgy, which hecompiled at Oxford. At the last the moral weakness which he hadshown in signing his recantations was atoned for by one of the moststrikingly heroic acts recorded of the martyrs. An eminent historian has, therefore, truly said, Cranmers veryweakness proved a means of moving thousands who had been lessaffected by the sufferings of more heroic spirits. It is a fellow feelingthat draws mens sympathies, and for one man who felt within himthe joy of Rowland Taylor at the prospect of the stake, there were
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CRANMERS DEATH:—THIS UNWORTHY RIGHT HAND. 508 THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. thousands who felt the shuddering dread of Cranmer. The trium-phant cry of Latimer could reach hearts only as bold as his own; butthe sad scene of Cranmers humiliation and repentence brought pityto the hearts of all. Account of Richard and Thomas Spurg, John Cavill, GeorgeAmbrose, Rev. Robert Drake, and Rev. William Tims. These six men lived in the county of Essex. Being accused ofheresy, they were all arrested, and sent by Lord Rich and other com-missioners up to London, to bishop Gardiner, who after a short exam-ination sent the four first named to the Marshalsea prison, and thetwo last to the Kings Bench. After having been confined a year they were all brought into theconsistory court, in St. Pauls church, before the bishop of London, tobe examined. Bonner began his examination with Tims, whom hecalled the ringleader, telling him he had taught the others heresies,and tried, as far as in him lay, to make t