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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 1 › Book 1 › Chapter 2 › Day 4: The FOURTH DAY'S DEBATE.
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AT this the prolocutor, with many others, were very much offended, demanding of him, whether he knew what he said. Yes, replied Mr. Philpot, I know very well what I say, and I desire that no man may be offended at it, for I speak no more than by the word of God I am able to prove; and praised be God, that the queen's grace hath granted us of this house (as our prolocutor hath informed us) the free liberty of declaring our opinions, agreeable •o our consciences in these matters of controversy in religion; and therefore I will here freely speak the dictates of my conscience▪ grounded upon God's holy […] for the truth, although some of you […] presen• do not like it.
AT this the prolocutor, with many others, were very much offended, demanding of him, whether he knew what he said. Yes, replied Mr. Philpot, I know very well what I say, and I desire that no man may be offended at it, for I speak no more than by the word of God I am able to prove; and praised be God, that the queen's grace hath granted us of this house (as our prolocutor hath informed us) the free liberty of declaring our opinions, agreeable •o our consciences in these matters of controversy in religion; and therefore I will here freely speak the dictates of my conscience▪ grounded upon God's holy 〈…〉 for the truth, although some of you 〈…〉 presen• do not like it.
THEN Mr. Weston, with others, taunted and reproved him, for speaking so indecently against the sacrament of the mass. The prolocutor also told him he was mad, and threatened to send him to prison.