BY PAGANS, JEWS, TURKS, PAPISTS, AND OTHERS, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES OF THE CHURCH TO THE PRESENT PERIOD.
INCLUDING THE Life, Sufferings, and Martyrdom of Our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST; WITH THE Martyrdom of the APOSTLES, EVANGELISTS, and other PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS.
The Ten Great Persecutions under the Roman Emperors.
The Persecutions in Persia, under Saphores: and the Persecutions under the Arian Vandals. The Martyrdom of the Missionaries in China: The Persecutions in the East-Indies: The Barbarities exercised by the Spaniards in America: And the Cruelties practised on the Christians of Abyssinia and Georgia.
The Persecutions exercised by the Papists in various Parts of Europe.
Together with a COMPLETE HISTORY of the MARTYRDOMS of The FAITHFUL and VIRTUOUS in the First Ages of the World: The Persecutions of the Maccabees by the Greeks; of the Hebrews by the Egyptians; and of the Children of Israel by the Philistines, and other barbarous Nations.
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.
THE NEW AND COMPLETE BOOK of MARTYRS; OR, An Vniversal 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 THE EARLIEST AGES OF THE CHURCH TO THE PRESENT PERIOD.INCLUDING THE Life, Sufferings, and Martyrdom of Our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST; WITH THE Martyrdom of the APOSTLES, EVANGELISTS, and other PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS.The Ten Great Persecutions under the Roman Emperors.The Persecutions in Persia, under Saphores: and the Persecutions under the Arian Vandals. The Martyrdom of the Missionaries in China: The Persecutions in the East-Indies: The Barbarities exercised by the Spaniards in America: And the Cruelties practised on the Christians of Abyssinia and Georgia.The Persecutions exercised by the Papists in various Parts of Europe.Together with a COMPLETE HISTORY of the MARTYRDOMS of The FAITHFUL and VIRTUOUS in the First Ages of the World: The Persecutions of the Maccabees by the Greeks; of the Hebrews by the Egyptians; and of the Children of Israel by the Philistines, and other barbarous Nations.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.
Title page of The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…, New-York, 1794
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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].
John Foxe 1516–1587New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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CRAN. But I make a great change; as in those who are baptized, is there not a great change, when the bond slave of the devil is made the son of God? So it is also in the sacrament of the supper, when he receiveth us into his protection and favour.
WEST. In the supper, the word• are directed to the bread; in baptism to the Spirit. He said not. The water is the Spirit; but of the bread he said, "This is my body."
WEST. He doth not call the Spirit a dove; but he saith, that he descendeth as a dove. He was seen in the likeness of a dove. As in baptism the words are directed to him who is baptized, so in the supper, the words are directed unto the bread.
CRAN. Nay, it is written, "Upon whomsoever ⟨p. 324⟩thou shalt see the Spirit descending." He calleth that which descendeth the Holy Spirit. And Augustine calleth the dove the Spirit. Hear what Augustine saith in 1 John "What meant he by the dove, that is, by the Holy Ghost? forsooth to teach who sent him."
YONG. He understandeth of the Spirit descending as a dove: the Spirit is invisible. If you mind to have the truth heard, let us proceed. Hear what Ambrose saith: "You see what a working power the word of Christ hath. Therefore if there be so great power in the Lord's word, that those things which were not, begin to be, how much more of strength is it, to work, that those things that were, should be changed into another thing?"
AND in the fifth chapter he saith, "Before it is consecrated, it is bread: but when the words of Christ come to it, it is the body of Christ."
BUT hear what he saith more; "Take ye, eat ye, this is my body. Before the words of Christ, the cup is full of wine and water; when the words of Christ have wrought, there is made the blood of Christ which redeemed the people," What can be more plain?
PIE. The words (as Ambrose saith) are of strength to work. What do they work? Ambrose saith, they make the blood which redeemed the people.
THEREFORE, the natural blood is made.
PYE. The words (as Ambrose saith) are of strength to work. What do they work? Ambrose saith, they make the blood which redeemed the people.
THEREFORE, the natural blood is made.
CRAN. The blood is made, that is, the sacrament of the blood, by which he redeemed the people: [Fit,] "It is made," that is to say, [ •••enditur.] "It is showed forth there:" and Ambrose saith, we receive in a similitude. "As thou hast received the similitude of his death, so also thou drinkest the similitude of his precious blood."
CRAN. The blood is made, that is, the sacrament of the blood, by which he redeemed the people: [Fit,] "It is made," that is to say, [ •••enditur.] "It is shewed forth there:" and Ambrose saith, we receive in a similitude. "As thou hast received the similitude of his death, so also thou drinkest the similitude of his precious blood."
