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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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3. ITEM, That she was baptized in the faith and belief of the said church, renouncing there, by her godfathers and godmothers, the devil and all his works, &c.
4. ITEM, That when she came to the age of fourteen years, she did not know what her true belief was, because she was not then of discretion to understand the same, neither yet was taught it.
5. ITEM, That she had not gone from the catholic faith at any time; but she said that the ma•• was abominable before the sight of God, and before the sight of all true christian people, and […] it is the plain cup of fornication, and the who•• […] Babylon. And as concerning the sacrament of the altar, she said, she believed there was no such […] in the catholic church. Also she said, […] she utterly abhorred the authority of the bishop […] Rome, with all the religion observed in the […] Antichrist's church.
5. ITEM, That she had not gone from the catholic faith at any time; but she said that the ma•• was abominable before the sight of God, and before the sight of all true christian people, and 〈…〉 it is the plain cup of fornication, and the who•• 〈…〉 Babylon. And as concerning the sacrament of the altar, she said, she believed there was no such 〈…〉 in the catholic church. Also she said, 〈…〉 she utterly abhorred the authority of the bishop Rome, with all the religion observed in the Antichrist's church.