In England from Wicliffe to Henry VIII - James Aitken Wylie
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lusts. I submit myself <strong>to</strong> this holy Church of Christ,<br />
<strong>to</strong> be ever ready and obedient <strong>to</strong> the ordinance of it,<br />
and of every member thereof, after my knowledge<br />
and power, by the help of God."<br />
The prisoner next confessed his faith in the<br />
Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, "as the<br />
council of the Three Persons of the Trinity," that<br />
they were sufficient for man's salvation, and that he<br />
was resolved <strong>to</strong> guide himself by their light, and<br />
willing <strong>to</strong> submit <strong>to</strong> their authority, and also <strong>to</strong> that<br />
of the "saints and doc<strong>to</strong>rs of Christ," so far as their<br />
teaching agreed with the Word of God.<br />
Arundel: "I require that thou wilt swear <strong>to</strong> me<br />
that thou wilt forsake all the opinions which the<br />
sect of the Lollards hold." Further, the archbishop<br />
required him <strong>to</strong> inform upon his brethren, and<br />
cease <strong>from</strong> preaching till he should come <strong>to</strong> be of a<br />
better mind. On hearing this the prisoner s<strong>to</strong>od for<br />
awhile silent.<br />
Arundel: "Answer, one way or the other."<br />
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