 The brook took them into the Avon, the Avon into the Severn, the Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean, — and thus the ashes of Wycliffe are the emblems of his doctrine, which is now dispersed all . the world over.  Wickliffe and His Times - Page 138by Enoch Pond - 1841 - 197 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1846 - 612 pages
...scattering them in the Swift, they should destroy his name and doctrine; but no! the Swift carried them into the Avon; the Avon into the Severn ; the Severn into the ocean ; and the ocean round the world." Stow, in his " Annales of England" says, "This yeere, (1384,)... | |
 | 1822 - 550 pages
...scattering them in the Swift they should destroy his name and doctrine. But no ! the Swift carried them into the Avon ; the Avon into the Severn ; the Severn into the ocean, and the ocean round the world !* In the compilation of this account, it has been endeavoured... | |
 | George Stokes - 1825 - 176 pages
...perish for ever. But they have been disappointed ; as Fuller quaintly observes, the Swift conveyed his ashes into the Avon, the Avon into the Severn, the Severn into the narrow seas, and they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliff were the emblems of his doctrine,... | |
 | George Stokes - Lollards - 1838 - 352 pages
...remains, would perish for ever. But they have been disappointed ; as Fuller observes, the Swift conveyed his ashes into the Avon, the Avon into the Severn, the Severn into the narrow seas, and they into the main ocean ; and thus the ashes of Wickliff were made the emblems of his doctrine,... | |
 | Protestantism - 1848 - 458 pages
...remains, would perish for ever. But they have been disappointed ; as Fuller observes, " the Swift conveyed his ashes into the Avon, the Avon into the Severn, the Severn into the narrow seas, and they into the main ocean ; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe were made the emblems of his doctrines,... | |
 | Bible - 1799 - 230 pages
...thirteen years afterwards. Then his bones were thrown into the Swift, and the Swift conveyed them to the Avon, the Avon into the Severn, the Severn into the narrow seas, and they into the main ocean, and thus the ashes of Wycliffe are the emblem of his doctrine,... | |
 | Reformation - 1849 - 430 pages
...its vitality, and was afterwards widely diffused. As Fuller says, " The Swift conveyed his ashes to the Avon, the Avon into the Severn, the Severn into the narrow seas, and they wafted them into the main ocean ; and thus the ashes of Wycliffe are the emblem of his... | |
 | Religious tract society - 1850 - 560 pages
...into the Swift, a neighbouring brook. " This brook," the historian Fuller observes, " hath conveyed his ashes into the Avon; the Avon into the Severn; the Severn into the narrow seas; they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wickliff are the emblem of his doctrine, which... | |
 | Barbara Bedford - Great Britain - 1850 - 268 pages
...brook which flows near the town. They were disappointed; for, as Fuller observes, " the Swift conveyed his ashes into the Avon — the Avon into the Severn — the Severn into .the narrow seas — and they into the main ocean: " and thus the ashes of Wickliff were made the emblems of his... | |
 | William Henry Ruffner - Apologetics - 1852 - 692 pages
...old Fuller, "this brook did convey his ashes into the Avon — aud the Avon into the Severn — and the Severn into the narrow sea, and this into the wide ocean — and so the ashea of Wiclif are the emblem of his doctrine, which U DOW dispersed all the world over." So too in... | |
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