PURIFIED SEVEN TIMES

The Miracle of the English Bible

By Evangelist Bill Bradley

Revival fires! Publishing

Rt 1 Box 940

Claysburg, PA 16625

(814) 239-2813

"The words of the Lord

are pure words:

as silver tried in a furnace of earth,

purified seven times.

Thou shalt keep them. O Lord,

thou shalt preserve them

from this generation for ever:

(Psalm 12:6 - 7)

Contents

John Wycliffe and the first English Bible....................5

Johannes Gutenberb and the Movable Type Press......22

Martin Luther and the Fires of Reformation..............24

William Tyndale, Father of the English Bible..............38

Miles Coverdale, Unsung Hero.....................................55

John Rogers and the Matthews Bible...........................62

The Great Bible: Tyndale's Legacy Lives On.................70

The Geneva Bible: The Bible of the People....................76

Queen Elizabeth and the Bishops Bible.........................93

Douay-Rheims: Enter the Counter Reformation..........100

The King James Bible of 1611......................................107