The devilish imps did strive to have
For the Holy Book a burning grave,
But all their travail was in vain,
God multiplied it quick again.
The pope and devil are scared and wondered,
Their gold burns one, but makes a hundred.
This refers to the Bishop of London paying for New Testaments in order to burn them, and the “money that Tyndale received from Tonstall enabled him to publish a new and superior edition.” The editor of says this poem was on an ancient painting in his possession, of the martyrdom of Tyndale.
The Works of John Bunyan: (Volume 3) Allegorical, Figurative, and Symbolical, p. 3
The Works of John Bunyan: (Volume 3) Allegorical, Figurative, and Symbolical, p. 3
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