Origin and effects of the Papal Schism-Wycliffe's tract "On the Schism
of the Popes," and other references to that event-His work on
"The Truth and Meaning of Scripture"-His sickness at Oxford, and
recovery--Importance attached by him to Preaching-His laborious
attention to it-Reasons of his particular reverence for that exercise
-History of Preaching-Character of Wycliffe's manuscript dis-
courses-Extracts-illustrating his manner of exposing the errors and
disorders of the ecclesiastical system-and of inculcating the suffi-
ciency of Scripture, the right of private judgment, the doctrines
peculiar to the Gospel, and the various obligations, and the means
conducing, to religious devotedness.