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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 5: The Fifth Day's Debate.
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HERE Mr. Harpsfield was called in to the assistance of Watson, and to hear what he could say to this matter; who began with a fair preamble about the omnipotency of God, and the weakness of human reason as to the comprehension and attainment of religious matters; and said, that whatsoever we saw, felt, or tasted, it was not convenient to trust our senses — The very pith and marrow of popery this.) He also related a curious legend out of St. Cyprian, how a woman saw the sacrame•• burning in her coffer; and that which burned thus, said Harpsfield, burneth here, and becometh ashes; but what that was which burnt, he could not tell. Mr. Cheyney continued still to force them with this question—What was it that was burnt?—•t was either, said he, the substance of bread, or else the substance of the body of Christ, which was too great an absurdity to grant. At length they answered; it was a miracle▪ at which Mr. Cheyney smiling, said, that he would then say no more.
HERE Mr. Harpsfield was called in to the assistance of Watson, and to hear what he could say to this matter; who began with a fair preamble about the omnipotency of God, and the weakness of human reason as to the comprehensio• and attainme•t of religious matters; and said, that whatsoever we saw, felt, or tasted, it was not convenient to trust our senses — The very pith and marrow of popery this.) He also related a curious legend out of St. Cyprian, how a woman saw the sacrame•• burning in her coffer; and that which burned thus, said Harpsfield, burneth here, and becometh ashes; but what that was which burnt, he could not tell. Mr. Cheyney continued still to force them with this question—What was it that was burnt?—•t was either, said he, the substance of bread, or else the substance of the body of Christ, wh•ch was too great an absurdity to grant. At length they answered; it was a miracle▪ at which Mr. Cheyney smiling, said, that he would then say no more.