Historical account of the origin and progress of St. Thomas's hospital, Southwark / By Benjamin Golding.

  • Golding, Benjamin, 1793-1863.
Date:
[1835?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Historical account of the origin and progress of St. Thomas's hospital, Southwark / By Benjamin Golding. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    nets of this great man were supported on the continent by the exertions of other reformers, as Zuinglius, Me- lancthon, Calvin, Marlorat, Beza, Fagius, Bucer, and Herman de Wyda; and in Britain, by Grindal, Bu- chanan, Godwin, Rogers, and others : they were also opposed by Eckius of Ingoldstadt, Adolphus of Mers- burg, Caietan of Gaieta, Beda of Picardy, Pole of Can- terbury, Gardiner of Winchester, and other prelates of equal ability. Although the majority of ecclesiastics were hostile to Luther, and faithful to the cause in which their interest was so materially concerned, the voice of reason and truth eventually prevailed : the noble work of reforma- tion at last became established upon an adamantine ba- sis ; and the preponderance of Catholic superstition soon ceased to exist in this country. When the principles of Luther first made their way into England, Henry VIII. defended the papal supremacy and the catholic creed (as laid down by St. Thomas Aquinas) with all the argu- ment and scholastic divinity he was master of, in his book, entitled, “ Assertio sepfem Sacramentorum, adver- svs Martinum Lutherum,” fyc. ;* and with such tem- porary effect, at least, upon his own subjects, as to gain from the Pope, Leo X. the flattering appellation of Defender of the Faith. Henry's example was followed by the principal divines in this country ; and we find. Fischer, in conjunction with his friend Sir Thomas More, head, with pictures of devils around, and the inscription of Heresiarch, he was burned alive, July 1415. He endured his torments with un- common fortitude and true Christian resignation. His ashes were col- lected, and sprinkled in the Rhine. His writings were numerous, but too violent for his safety against his powerful opponents. — Lcm- Jiriere’s Biography. The year, following the martyrdom of Huss, was disgraced by the sacrifice of his companion and pupil, Jerome of Prague, who em- braced the tenets of his master, and seeing Huss thrown into prison, withdrew to Uberlingen. Though he prom'sed to confront his perse- cutors, if secured from violence, he was seized and dragged in chains to Constance. After being exposed to various insults, and artfully tempted to make a recantation, he boldly declared himself the disciple of YVickliffe and Huss ; and thus triumphant in constancy, he was con- demned to the flames. He suffered at the stake [May 30th, 1416], enduring the torments (his Romish persecutors inflicted) with a manly resignation. * Anno 15i(0. D 3