Then began a carefully prepared course of refined mental torture, which resulted in the "Recantations of Thomas Cranmer.
He knew that his recantations had been published, and that any further declaration made would probably be suppressed by his unscrupulous antagonists.
The usual stories told of infidel recantations are about as well founded as was this fabrication concerning Carlile, by the Rev.
Indeed, I never knew any of these virtual recantations to be believed, or even respected by the world, who forced them on.
However, not more than five per cent of the alleged subscribers to those recantations and depositions knew what they contained.
The calm cheerfulness and resolution with which he met his fate show that he felt that he had cleared his conscience, and that his recantation of his recantationswas a repentance that needed not to be repented of.
This gave great offence to the disunionists, they attempted to compel him to make public recantations in the newspapers.
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