John Wycliffe

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It is not good for us to trust in our merits, in our virtues or our righteousness; but only in God's free pardon, as given us through faith in Jesus Christ.
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Collection: Faith
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We should know that faith is a gift of God, and that it may not be given to men, except it be graciously. Thus, indeed, all the good which we have is of God; and accordingly, when God rewardeth a good work of man, he crowneth his own gift.
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Collection: Men
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The laity ought to understand the faith, and since the doctrines of our faith are in the Scriptures, believers should have the Scriptures in a language familiar to the people, and to this end the Holy Ghost endued them with knowledge of all tongues.
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Collection: Knowledge
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Trust wholly in Christ; rely altogether on His sufferings; beware of seeking to be justified in any other way than by His righteousness. Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is sufficient for salvation. There must be atonement made for sin according to the righteousness of God. The person to make this atonement must be God and man.
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Collection: Faith
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I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.
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Collection: Truth
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This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
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Collection: Government
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In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bishop has not laid hands upon him according to his traditions, God has Himself appointed him.
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Collection: Knowledge
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It is plain to me that our prelates, in granting indulgences, do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.
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Collection: Wisdom
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Holy Scripture is the highest authority for every believer, the standard of faith and the foundation for reform.
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Collection: Scripture
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The gospel alone is sufficient to rule the lives of Christians everywhere - any additional rules made to govern men's conduct added nothing to the perfection already found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Collection: Christian
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All Christian life is to be measured by Scripture; by every word thereof.
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Collection: Christian
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The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.
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Collection: Life
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The highest service to which a man may obtain on earth is to preach the law of God.
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Collection: Men
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Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.
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Collection: Law
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Visit those who are sick, or who are in trouble, especially those whom God has made needy by age, or by other sickness, as the feeble, the blind, and the lame who are in poverty. These you shall relieve with your goods after your power and after their need, for thus biddeth the Gospel.
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Collection: Sick
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Private confession was not ordered by Christ and was not used by the apostles.
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Collection: Christ
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I am ready to defend my convictions even unto death. I have followed the Sacred Scriptures and the holy doctors.
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Collection: Doctors
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Ability is that sufficiency which cometh from God.
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Collection: Ability
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It is plain to me that our prelates in granting indulgences do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.
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Collection: Indulgence
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Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known.
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Collection: Bishops
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I shall not die, but live; and again declare the evil deeds of the friars.
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Collection: Evil
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In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bis.
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Collection: Exercise
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I acknowledge that the sacrament of the altar is very God's body in form of bread, but it is in another manner God's body than it is in heaven.
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Collection: Heaven
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There was good reason for the silence of the Holy Spirit as to how,when, in what form Christ ordained the apostles, the reason being to show the indifferency of all forms of words.
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Collection: Silence