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Our Authorized Bible Vindicated - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

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garments of penury, the church in the wilderness<br />

followed on to serve the Lord. She possessed the<br />

untampered manuscripts of holy revelation which<br />

discountenanced the claims of the Papacy. Among<br />

this little flock, stood out prominently the<br />

Waldenses. Generation after generation of skilled<br />

copyists handed down, unadulterated, the pure<br />

Word. Repeatedly their glorious truth spread far<br />

among the nations. In terror, the Papacy thundered<br />

at the monarchs of Europe to stamp out this heresy<br />

by the sword of steel. In vain the popish battalions<br />

drenched the plains of Europe with martyr blood.<br />

The word lived, unconquered.<br />

Let Gilly tell us how the Waldenses survived<br />

the fury of the Papacy:<br />

“They occupy a mountain district,... and yet<br />

from this secluded spot, have they disseminated<br />

doctrines, whose influence is felt over the most<br />

refined and civilized part of Europe. They... speak<br />

the same language, have the same patriarchal<br />

habits, and simple virtues, and retain the same<br />

religion, which was known to exist there more than<br />

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