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The influence of John Huss was not only exerted upon his immediate followers; Martin Luther himself tells how great that influence was on the Reformation that he himself set in motion. “In my opinion John Huss bought with his own blood the gospel which we now possess.” A precursor to the Reformation of the sixteenth century, Huss is perhaps best represented in an early Moravian hymnbook picture...

not even wish to confess that he had eaten forbidden food, for fear of leaving a bad example to posterity, but preferred a martyr’s death. Having, then, before my eyes many saints of the new dispensation who have accepted martyrdom, rather than to consent to sin, how shall I who have exhorted others in my sermons to patience and firmness fall into perjury and vile deceits, and offend by my example many children of our Lord? Far be it from me! Far be it from me! Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will
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