And  why  may  not  I,  in  my  calendar,  call  them  by  the  name  of  martyrs,  who  were  faithful  witnesses
of  Christ's  truth  and  testament,  for  which  they  were  also  chiefly  brought  unto  that  end?"  The
use  of  this  term  martyr,  in  cases  of  suiTtring  short  of  death,  is  allowable  by  the  authority  of
Dr.  Johjison,  who  thus  quotes  from  South :  "  To  be  a  martyr,  signifies  only  to  witness  the  truth  of
C^hrist ;  but  the  witnessing  of  the  truth  was  then  so  generally  attended  with  persecution,  that
martyrdom  now  signifies  not  only  to  witness,  but  to  witness  by  death."  Notwithstanding  Foxe's
explanation  of  his  meaning  of  this  word  martyr,  we  read  in  the  tract  above  referred  to,  at  page  CI,
"  John  Wickliffe,  martyr;  this  is  another  of  Foxe's  lies,  for  Wicklifle  was  never  put  to  death,  nor
yet  so  much  as  imprisoned  for  his  heresy,  hut  died  in  his  bed  at  Lutterworth,  in  Leicestershire."
Let  the  reader  compare  this  Jesuitical  insinuation  of  an  untruth  on  the  part  of  Foxe,  with  the  alwve
detailed  account  of  Wickliff's  death,  "  (|uietly  de])arting,"  and  sleeping  -'in  peace  in  the  Lord,"
and  a  more  deliberate  deception  on  the  jiart  of  his  adversary  can  hardly  be  conceived.— En.
(2)  "  Ita  ut  cano  placeret,  quod  juveni  coniplacebat,'  itc. — Waldanus  2.  tomo  de  Sacramentis,
contra  Wiclevium.
