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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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WEST. You have corrupted Justine, Emissenus, and Duns, by false translations: (the contrary of which Cranmer fairly proved, and also, you have set forth a catechism in the name of the synod of London, and yet there are fifty to witness, that though they were of the number of the convocation, yet they never heard one word of this catechism.
CRAN. I was ignorant of the setting to of that title; and as soon as I had knowledge thereof, I did not like it; therefore I complained to the council, and was answered by them, that the book was so entitled, because it was set forth in the time of the convocation.
CRAN. I was ignorant of the setting to of that title; and as soon as I had knowledge thereof, I did not like it; therefore I complained to the council, and was answered by them, that the book was so intitled, because it was set forth in the time of the convocation.
WEST. Moreover, you have in Duns translated In Romana ecclesia, pro ecclesia catholica: "In the church of Rome," for, "The catholic church."