 | 1845 - 364 pages
...that " his followers so increased that they everywhere filled the compass of the kingdom ; insomuch that a man could not meet two people on the road, but one of them was a disciple of Wiclif." This, he affirms, arose from " the respect they always pretended for what they... | |
 | John James Tayler - England - 1845 - 616 pages
...the new opinions had made such progress, that, according to the same authority, a man could scarce meet two people on the road, but one of them was a Wycliffite.b In the reign of Richard II. the Lollards submitted to • Eccles. Hist. I. 579. " Collier,... | |
 | L. N. R. - Bible - 1854 - 522 pages
...and after'his death, his doctrines spread so fast, that a writer of that day has angrily recorded, that a man could not meet two people on the road, but one of them was a disciple of John Wiclif ; yet these poor followers, in that age of manuscript, could perhaps only copy... | |
 | Ellen Henrietta Ranyard - 1854 - 522 pages
...and after his death, his doctrines spread so fast, that a writer of that day has angrily recorded, that a man could not meet two people on the road, but one of them was a disciple of John Wiclif ; yet these poor followers, in that age of manuscript, could perhaps only copy... | |
 | Moses S. Royce - 1859 - 214 pages
...growing from the root of a tree. They everywhere filled the kingdom ; so that a man could scarcely meet two people on the road, but one of them was a disciple of Wickliffe. They so prevailed by their laborious urging of their doctrines, that they gained... | |
 | Robert Meek - Church history - 1860 - 442 pages
...multiplied like suckers from the root of a tree, and everywhere filled the compass of the kingdom, insomuch that a man could not meet two people on the road but one of them was a disciple of Wyckliffe." His followers, to whom the name of Lollards was given as a term of reproach,... | |
 | John McGilchrist - 1860 - 404 pages
...the time of his death, " His adherents every where filled the kingdom ; so that a man could scarcely meet two people on the road, but one of them was a disciple of Wycliffe." On the 29th December, 1384, he stood in the chancel of his church, conducting... | |
 | Philip William Perfitt - 1861 - 436 pages
...their aid the followers of Wycliffe became so numerous, that, as a contemporary historian states, " a " man could not meet two people on the road but one of them was a Lol" lard." In fact, the disciples of Wycliffe continually increased in numbers from this time forth.... | |
 | William Hawkins - 1861 - 710 pages
...errors of the Romish Church. So many embraced Wicklifi'e's opinions, that an historian writes — " A man could not meet two people on the road, but one of them was a disciple of Wickliffe." Stringent laws were passed against the Lollards. They were examined on the... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1867 - 488 pages
...multiplied like suckers from the root of a tree, and everywhere filled the compass of the kingdom, insomuch that a man could not meet two people on the road, but one of them was a disciple of Wiclif."2 Soon after WicliPs death in l'3S4, Richard the Second had contest with issued... | |
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The number of those who believed in Wickliff's doctrine very much increased, and were multiplied like suckers growing from the root of a tree. They every where filled the kingdom; so that a man could scarcely meet two people on the road but one of them... 
