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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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FAITH is not to be kept with heretics, and papists may have a dispensation, for the breach of oaths, or any secret practices against them, for the good of the Romish church; and it is lawful to torture, burn their bodies, or otherways kill them, for the good of their souls.
NOW the above scheme of popery, if duly attended to, will convince every unprejudiced mind, that a mixture of paganism and judaism, absurdity and idolatry, run throughout the whole, and that it is a crafty design to establish a dominion over the consciences, persons, and properties▪ of its deluded professors; yet all these false doctrines, and irreligious practices, the wretched slaves of papal tyranny are obliged to swallow down; and to doubt of one single iota is, according to the priest, damnable▪ for says a Roman catholic, at the close of his creed,
NOW the above scheme of popery, if duly attend•ed to, will convince every unprejudiced mind, that a mixture of paganism and judaism, absurdity and idolatry, run throughout the whole, and that it is a crafty design to establish a dominion over the consciences, persons, and properties▪ of its deluded professors; yet all these false doctrines, and irreligious practices, the wretched slaves of papal tyranny are obliged to swallow down; and to doubt of one single jota is, according to the priest, damnable▪ for says a Roman catholic, at the close of his creed,
I acknowledge the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Roman church to be the mother and mistress of all churches; and I promise and swear true obedience to the pope of Rome who is Christ's vicar, and successor to St. Peter, the prince of the apostles.