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an old writer, “hath conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn,
Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean. And thus the
ashes of Wycliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed
all the world over.”—T. Fuller, Church History of Britain, b. 4, sec. 2,
par. 54. Little did his enemies realize the significance of their malicious
act.
It was through the writings of Wycliffe that John Huss, of Bohemia,
was led to renounce many of the errors of Romanism and to enter upon
the work of reform. Thus in these two countries, so widely separated,
the seed of truth was sown. From Bohemia the work extended to other
lands. The minds of men were directed to the long-forgotten word of
God. A divine hand was preparing the way for the Great Reformation.

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