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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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Volume 2 › Book 3 › Chapter 1 › Another Examination of SPURDANCE, before the Bishop in his House.
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Spurred. No, I warrant you, by the grace of God, not as long as I live. For you cannot prove by the scripture that the pope is head of the church, and may do therein what he listeth.
Spurd. No, I warrant you, by the grace of God, not as long as I live. For you cannot prove by the scripture that the pope is head of the church, and may do therein what he listeth.
Bishop. No? yes I trow; for as the bell-weather which weareth the bell, is head of the flock of sheep, even so is the pope the head of the church of Christ. And as the bees in the hive have a master be, when they are gone out, to bring them home to the hive; even, so the pope, when we be gone astray, and wandered from the fold, from the hive, &c. then is ordered our head by succession of Peter, to bring us home again to the true church: as thou now, my good fellow, hast long wandered out of the way like a scattered sheep, &c. Hear therefore that bell-weather, the master bell, &c. and come home with us again to thy mother the church.
Bishop. No? yes I trow; for as the bell-weather which weareth the bell, is head of the flock of sheep, even so is the pope the head of the church of Christ. And as the bees in the hive have a master bee, when they are gone out, to bring them home to the hive; even, so the pope, when we be gone astray, and wandered from the fold, from the hive, &c. then is ordered our head by succession of Peter, to bring us home again to the true church: as thou now, my good fellow, hast long wandered out of the way like a scattered sheep, &c. Hear therefore that bell-weather, the master bell, &c. and come home with us again to thy mother the church.
Spurred. My lord, all this is but natural reason, and no scripture: but since you cannot prove the pope to be authorized by scripture, you answer me not a I thought you would.