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PROTESTANTISM IN ENGLAND, FROM THE TIMES OF WICLIFFE TO THOSE OF HENRY VIII.

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Chapter 1 THE FIRST PROTESTANT MARTYRS IN ENGLAND.
Two Sources of Protestantism – The Bible and the Holy Spirit – Wicliffe's Missionaries – Hopes of the Protestants – Petition Parliament for a reformation – England not yet ripe – The Movement Thrown Back – Richard II. Persecutes the Lollards – Richard Loses his Throne – Henry IV. Succeeds – Statute De Haeretico Comburendo – William Sawtrey – the First Martyr for Protestantism in England – Trial and Execution of John Badby – Conversation between the Prince of Wales and the Martyr at the Stake – Offered his Life – Refuses and Dies.

Chapter 2 THE THEOLOGY OF THE EARLY ENGLISH PROTESTANTS.
Protestant Preachers and Martyrs before Henry VIII.'s time – Their Theology – Inferior to that of the Sixteenth Century – The Central Truths clearly Seen – William Thorpe – Imprisoned – Dialogue between him and Archbishop Arundel – His Belief – His Views on the Sacrament – The Authority of Scripture – Is Threatened with a Stake – Christ Present in the Sacrament to Faith – Thorpe's Views on Image-Worship – Pilgrimage – Confession – Refuses to Submit – His Fate Unknown – Simplicity of Early English Theology – Convocation at Oxford to Arrest the Spread of Protestantism – Constitutions of Arundel – The Translation and Reading of the Scriptures Forbidden.

Chapter 3 GROWTH OF ENGLISH PROTESTANTISM.
The Papal Schism – Its Providential Purpose – Council of Pisa – Henry's Letter to the Pope – The King exhorts the Pope to Amendment – The Council of Pisa Deposes both Popes – Elects Alexander V. – The Schism not Healed – Protestantism in England continues to grow – Oxford Purged – A Catholic Revival – Aves to Our Lady – Aves to the Archbishop – Persecution of Protestants grows Hotter – Cradle of English Protestantism – Lessons to be Learned beside it.

Chapter 4 EFFORTS FOR THE REDISTRIBUTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY.
The Burning Bush — Petition of Parliament — Redistribution of Ecclesiastical Property — Defence of Archbishop Arundel — The King stands by the Church — The Petition Presented a Second Time — Its Second Refusal — More Powerful Weapons than Royal Edicts — Richard II. Deposed — Henry IV. — Edict De Haeretico Comburendo — Griefs of the King — Calamities of the Country — Projected Crusade — Death of Henry IV.

Chapter 5 TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE.
Henry V. — A Coronation and Tempest — Interpretations — Struggles for Liberty — Youth of Henry — Change on becoming King — Arundel his Evil Genius — Sir John Oldcastle — Becomes Lord Cobham by Marriage — Embraces Wicliffe's Opinions — Patronises the Lollard Preachers — Is Denounced by Arundel — Interview between Lord Cobham and the King-Summoned by the Archbishop — Citations Torn Down — Confession of his Faith — Apprehended — Brought before the Archbishop's Court-Examination — His Opinions on the Sacrament, Confession, the Pope, Images, the Church, etc. — His Condemnation as a Heretic — Forged Abjuration — He Escapes from the Tower.

Chapter 6 LOLLARDISM DENOUNCED AS TREASON.
Spread of Lollardism — Clergy Complain to the King — Activity of the Lollards — Accused of Plotting the Overthrow of the Throne and Commonwealth — Midnight Meeting of Lollards at St. Giles-in-the-Fields — Alarm of the King — He Attacks and Disperses the Assembly — Was it a Conspiracy or a Conventicle? — An Old Device Revived.

Chapter 7 MARTYRDOM OF LORD COBHAM.
Imprisonments and Martyrdoms — Flight of Lollards to other Countries — Death of Archbishop Arundel-His Character — Lord Cobham — His Seizure in Wales by Lord Powis — Brought to London — Summoned before Parliament — Condemned on the Former Charge — Burned at St. Giles-in-the-Fields — His Christian Heroism — Which is the Greater Hero, Henry V. or Lord Cobham? — The World's True Benefactors — The Founders of England's Liberty and Greatness -The Seeds Sown -The Full Harvest to Come.

Chapter 8 LOLLARDISM UNDER HENRY V. AND HENRY VI.
Thomas Arundel succeeded by Henry Chicheley — The New Primate pursues the Policy of his Predecessor — Parliament at Leicester — More Stringent Ordinances against the Lollards — Appropriation of Ecclesiastical Possessions — Archbishop Chicheley Staves off the Proposal — Diverts the King's Mind to a War with France — Speech of the Archbishop — Henry V. falls into the Snare — Prepares an Expedition — Invades France — Agincourt — Second Descent on France — Henry becomes Master of Normandy — Returns to England — Third Invasion of France — Henry's Death — Dying Protestation — His Magnificent Funeral — His Character — Lollardism — More Martyrs — Claydon — New Edict against the Lollards — Henry VI. — Maltyrs in his Reign — William Taylor — William White — John Huss — Recantations.

Chapter 9 ROME'S ATTEMPT TO REGAIN DOMINANCY IN ENGLAND.
Henry VI. — His Infancy — Distractions of the Nation — The Romish Church becomes more Intolerant — New Festival — St. Dunstan's and St. George's Days — Indulgences at the Shrine of St. Edmund, etc. — Fresh Attempts by Rome to Regain Dominancy in England — What Led to these — Statutes of Provisors and Praemunire Denounced — Archbishop Chicheley Reprimanded for Permitting these Statutes to Exist — The Pope's Letter.

Chapter 10 RESISTANCE TO PAPAL ENCROACHMENTS.
Embroilment of the Papaey — Why Angry with Archbishop Chicheley — A Former Offence — Advlses the King not to Receive a Legate-a-Latere — Powers of the Legate — Promise exacted of Legate Beaufort — Pope's Displeasure — -Holds the Statutes Void — Commands the Archbishop to Disobey them — Pope's Letter to Duke of Bedford — Chicheley advises Parliament to Repeal the Act — Parliament Refuses — The Pope resumes his Encroachments — Two Currents in England in the Fifteenth Century — Both Radically Protestant — The Evangelic Principle the Master-spring of all Activities then beginning in Society.

Chapter 11 INFLUENCE OF THE WARS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY ON THE PROGRESS OF PROTESTANTISM.
Convulsions of the Fifteenth Century — Fall of Constantinople — Wars in Bohemia — in Italy — in Spain — in Switzerland — Wars of the Papal Schism — Was it Peace or War which the Popes gave to Christendom? — Wars originated by the Popes: the Crusades; the War of Investitures; the Albigensian and Waldensian Crusades; the Wars in Naples, Poland, etc.; the Feuds in Italy; the Hussite Campaigns, etc. — Wars of the Roses — Traced to the Council of Archbishop Chicheley — Providential End of the Wars of the Fifteenth Century — The Nobility Weakened — The Throne made Powerful — Why? — Hussitism and Lollardism.

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Chapter 1	THE FIRST PROTESTANT MARTYRS IN ENGLAND. Two Sources of Protestantism – The Bible and the Holy Spirit – Wicliffe's Missionaries – Hopes of the Protestants – Petition Parliament for a reformation – England not yet ripe – The Movement Thrown Back – Richard II. Persecutes the Lollards – Richard Loses his Throne – Henry IV. Succeeds – Statute De Haeretico Comburendo – William Sawtrey – the First Martyr for Protestantism in England – Trial and Execution of John Badby – Conversation between the Prince of Wales and the Martyr at the Stake – Offered his Life – Refuses and Dies.
Chapter 2	THE THEOLOGY OF THE EARLY ENGLISH PROTESTANTS. Protestant Preachers and Martyrs before Henry VIII.'s time – Their Theology – Inferior to that of the Sixteenth Century – The Central Truths clearly Seen – William Thorpe – Imprisoned – Dialogue between him and Archbishop Arundel – His Belief – His Views on the Sacrament – The Authority of Scripture – Is Threatened with a Stake – Christ Present in the Sacrament to Faith – Thorpe's Views on Image-Worship – Pilgrimage – Confession – Refuses to Submit – His Fate Unknown – Simplicity of Early English Theology – Convocation at Oxford to Arrest the Spread of Protestantism – Constitutions of Arundel – The Translation and Reading of the Scriptures Forbidden.
Chapter 3	GROWTH OF ENGLISH PROTESTANTISM. The Papal Schism – Its Providential Purpose – Council of Pisa – Henry's Letter to the Pope – The King exhorts the Pope to Amendment – The Council of Pisa Deposes both Popes – Elects Alexander V. – The Schism not Healed – Protestantism in England continues to grow – Oxford Purged – A Catholic Revival – Aves to Our Lady – Aves to the Archbishop – Persecution of Protestants grows Hotter – Cradle of English Protestantism – Lessons to be Learned beside it.
Chapter 4	EFFORTS FOR THE REDISTRIBUTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY. The Burning Bush — Petition of Parliament — Redistribution of Ecclesiastical Property — Defence of Archbishop Arundel — The King stands by the Church — The Petition Presented a Second Time — Its Second Refusal — More Powerful Weapons than Royal Edicts — Richard II. Deposed — Henry IV. — Edict De Haeretico Comburendo — Griefs of the King — Calamities of the Country — Projected Crusade — Death of Henry IV.
Chapter 5	TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE. Henry V. — A Coronation and Tempest — Interpretations — Struggles for Liberty — Youth of Henry — Change on becoming King — Arundel his Evil Genius — Sir John Oldcastle — Becomes Lord Cobham by Marriage — Embraces Wicliffe's Opinions — Patronises the Lollard Preachers — Is Denounced by Arundel — Interview between Lord Cobham and the King-Summoned by the Archbishop — Citations Torn Down — Confession of his Faith — Apprehended — Brought before the Archbishop's Court-Examination — His Opinions on the Sacrament, Confession, the Pope, Images, the Church, etc. — His Condemnation as a Heretic — Forged Abjuration — He Escapes from the Tower.
Chapter 6	LOLLARDISM DENOUNCED AS TREASON. Spread of Lollardism — Clergy Complain to the King — Activity of the Lollards — Accused of Plotting the Overthrow of the Throne and Commonwealth — Midnight Meeting of Lollards at St. Giles-in-the-Fields — Alarm of the King — He Attacks and Disperses the Assembly — Was it a Conspiracy or a Conventicle? — An Old Device Revived.
Chapter 7	MARTYRDOM OF LORD COBHAM. Imprisonments and Martyrdoms — Flight of Lollards to other Countries — Death of Archbishop Arundel-His Character — Lord Cobham — His Seizure in Wales by Lord Powis — Brought to London — Summoned before Parliament — Condemned on the Former Charge — Burned at St. Giles-in-the-Fields — His Christian Heroism — Which is the Greater Hero, Henry V. or Lord Cobham? — The World's True Benefactors — The Founders of England's Liberty and Greatness -The Seeds Sown -The Full Harvest to Come.
Chapter 8	LOLLARDISM UNDER HENRY V. AND HENRY VI. Thomas Arundel succeeded by Henry Chicheley — The New Primate pursues the Policy of his Predecessor — Parliament at Leicester — More Stringent Ordinances against the Lollards — Appropriation of Ecclesiastical Possessions — Archbishop Chicheley Staves off the Proposal — Diverts the King's Mind to a War with France — Speech of the Archbishop — Henry V. falls into the Snare — Prepares an Expedition — Invades France — Agincourt — Second Descent on France — Henry becomes Master of Normandy — Returns to England — Third Invasion of France — Henry's Death — Dying Protestation — His Magnificent Funeral — His Character — Lollardism — More Martyrs — Claydon — New Edict against the Lollards — Henry VI. — Maltyrs in his Reign — William Taylor — William White — John Huss — Recantations.
Chapter 9	ROME'S ATTEMPT TO REGAIN DOMINANCY IN ENGLAND. Henry VI. — His Infancy — Distractions of the Nation — The Romish Church becomes more Intolerant — New Festival — St. Dunstan's and St. George's Days — Indulgences at the Shrine of St. Edmund, etc. — Fresh Attempts by Rome to Regain Dominancy in England — What Led to these — Statutes of Provisors and Praemunire Denounced — Archbishop Chicheley Reprimanded for Permitting these Statutes to Exist — The Pope's Letter.
Chapter 10	RESISTANCE TO PAPAL ENCROACHMENTS. Embroilment of the Papaey — Why Angry with Archbishop Chicheley — A Former Offence — Advlses the King not to Receive a Legate-a-Latere — Powers of the Legate — Promise exacted of Legate Beaufort — Pope's Displeasure — -Holds the Statutes Void — Commands the Archbishop to Disobey them — Pope's Letter to Duke of Bedford — Chicheley advises Parliament to Repeal the Act — Parliament Refuses — The Pope resumes his Encroachments — Two Currents in England in the Fifteenth Century — Both Radically Protestant — The Evangelic Principle the Master-spring of all Activities then beginning in Society.
Chapter 11	INFLUENCE OF THE WARS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY ON THE PROGRESS OF PROTESTANTISM. Convulsions of the Fifteenth Century — Fall of Constantinople — Wars in Bohemia — in Italy — in Spain — in Switzerland — Wars of the Papal Schism — Was it Peace or War which the Popes gave to Christendom? — Wars originated by the Popes: the Crusades; the War of Investitures; the Albigensian and Waldensian Crusades; the Wars in Naples, Poland, etc.; the Feuds in Italy; the Hussite Campaigns, etc. — Wars of the Roses — Traced to the Council of Archbishop Chicheley — Providential End of the Wars of the Fifteenth Century — The Nobility Weakened — The Throne made Powerful — Why? — Hussitism and Lollardism.