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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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FIFTHLY, That the said John absenteth himself continually from his own parish church of St. Leonard's, neither hearing matins, mass nor even-song, nor yet confessing his sins to the priest, nor receiving the sacrament to the altar at his hands, or using other ceremonies as they are now used in this church and realm of England: and as he remembereth, he never came but once to the parish church of St. Leonard's, and careth not if he never comes there any more, the service being as it there, and so many abuses being there, especially the mass, the sacraments, and the ceremonies and service set forth in Latin.
FIFTHLY, That the said John absenteth himself continually from his own parish church of St. Leonard's, neither hearing mattins, mass nor even-song, nor yet confessing his sins to the priest, nor receiving the sacrament to the altar at his hands, or using other ceremonies as they are now used in this church and realm of England: and as he remembereth, he never came but once to the parish church of St. Leonard's, and careth not if he never comes there any more, the service being as it there, and so many abuses being there, especially the mass, the sacraments, and the ceremonies and service set forth in Latin.
SIXTHLY, That the said John, when his wife, called Alice, was brought to bed of a male-child, caused the said child to be christened in English, after the same manner and form in all points, as it was used in the time of the reign of King Edward the Sixth, aforesaid, and caused it to be called Joshua, & would not have the said child christened in Latin, after the form and manner as it is now used in ⟨p. 502⟩the church and realm of England, nor will have it by his will to be confirmed by the bishop
SIXTHLY, That the said John, when his wife, called Alice, was brought to bed of a male-child, caused the said child to be christened in English, after the same manner and form in all points, as it was used in the time of the reign of King Edward the Sixth, aforesaid, and caused it to be called Josua, & would not have the said child christened in Latin, after the form and manner as it is now used in