Identifier: foxeschristianma00fox (find matches)
Title: Foxe's Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution ..
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Foxe, John, 1516-1587
Subjects: Martyrs Persecution Church history
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., C. Foster publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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I beseech your lordship to be a mediator to her grace forthem. There is nothing in all the world that troubles my conscience,I praise God, this only excepted. While I was bishop of London, Igave some poor men places under me. Now I hear that the newbishop will not give the places to them, but, contrary to all law andconscience, has taken from them their livings, and will not suffer themto enjoy them. I beseech you, my lord, be a mediator for them; youshall do a good deed, and God will reward you. The only response to this appeal was a lighted torch, which hadbeen made ready, and was now brought and laid down at Ridleys feet.Then said Latimer: Be of good courage, brother Ridley, and playthe man: for we shall this day light such a candle by Godsgrace in England, as i trust shall never be put out. The torch was then placed among the fagots. When Ridley saw thefire flaming up towards him, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, intothy hands I commend my spirit; Lord, receive my spirit! Latimer
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RIDLEY AND LATIMER ARE BURNED AT OXFORD 486 THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. prayed as earnestly on the other side, saying, O Father of heaven,receive my soul! The fire burned fiercest beside Latimer and hereceived the flame as if embracing it; and after he had stroked hisface with his hands, he sank down, and soon died, as it appeared,with very little pain. His great age, for he was eighty years old,doubtless caused death to come quickly. But Ridley lingered longerbecause of the badness of the fire on his side, which only burnedunderneath, being kept down by the quantity of wood they had piledaround him. When he saw this he begged them to let the fire cometo him. His brother-in-law hearing him, and being anxious to shortenhis sufferings, heaped more fagots upon him, but this only served tokeep the fire under. He therefore lingered in great pain until one ofthe guard, with his pike-staff, pulled away some of the fagots. WhenRidley saw the fire flame up, he leaned himself to that side; an

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