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This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people

John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe

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Christ's fishermen should not meddle with men's law, for men' s law contains sharp stones and trees by which the net of God is broken, and the fish wend out of the world.
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We are under God's power, and we can do nothing but by the power of God, and woe shall hereafter be to us if we abuse this power.
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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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