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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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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.
MR. […] hearing himself abused, and not permitted the free liberty to speak his mind, thus exclaimed, casting his eyes towards heaven, O Lord! what a world is this, that the truth of thy holy word cannot be spoken and endured! And while he said these words, being full of sorrow, the tears were seen to trickle from his eyes.
MR. 〈…〉 hearing himself abused, and not permitted the free liberty to speak his mind, thus exclaimed, casting his eyes towards heaven, O Lord! what a world is this, that the truth of thy holy word cannot be spoken and endured! And while he said these words, being full of sorrow, the tears were seen to trickle from his eyes.
THE prolocutor, being moved by some that were about him, consented that he should make an argument, provided he would be brief. I will be as short, (said Philpot) as I can conveniently, in uttering all I have to say. And, first, I will lay the foundation of my arguments upon the authority of scripture, whereon all the buildings of our faith ought to be grounded; after which, I intend to confirm the same by the ancient fathers of the church. My first argument is drawn from the 28th chapter of St. Matthew, in which the angel says to Mary, who sought for Christ at the sepulchre, "He is risen, he is not here;" and again, St. Luke, chapter 23d, the angel asketh them, "Why seek ye the living among the dead?" In which places the scriptures testifieth, that Christ was risen, ascended into heaven, and now sitteth at the right hand of the Father: all which is spoken of his natural body; therefore, it cannot be on earth included in the sacrament, I will confirm this yet more effectually, from the 16th of St. John, where Christ saith, "I came from my Father into the world, and now I leave the world and go to my Father." Which coming and going he meant of his natural body; therefore we may consequently affirm, that it is not found in the world, nor can be in the sacrament.