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Five English Reformers

It was the conviction that martyrs, though dead can still speak to the church, that led Bishop J.C. Ryle to pen these pungent biographies in 1890. Along with an analysis of the reasons for their martyrdom, he pointed out the salient characteristics of their Christian lives. The martyrs discussed are John Hooper, Rowland Taylor, Hugh Latimer, John Bradford and Nicholas Ridley.
Few Marty’s words can be more stirring than those of Bishop Hugh Latimer's to Dr. Nicholas Ridley: Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out. But, why were such men burned at the stake? What were the greater convictions in which they lived and form which they were prepared to sacrifice life itself? What made their lives and testimony to Christ's gospel so powerful? Do Christians today share either their convictions or their faithfulness? It was the increasing conviction that martyrs, though dead, can still speak to the church, which led Bishop J.C. Ryle to pen these pungent biographies of five English Reformers last century. Along with an analysis of the reasons for their martyrdom he pointed out the salient characteristics of their Christian lives. Such men still prove to be examples, warning and challenges all in one, to Christian’s to-day. Readers will rise from the company of their life-stories praying for a similar faith in Christ's power.

Author: J.C. Ryle
Pages: 156 Cover: paperback
ISBN: 0851511384