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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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BISHOP HOOPER said, that text proved not that all men could live chaste, but such to whom it was given; and read the context that goeth before. But there was a clamour and cry, mocking and scorning, with calling him beast, that the text could not be examined. Then bishop Hooper said, that it did appear by the old canons, that marriage was not forbidden unto priests, and named the decrees. But the bishop of Winchester sent for another part, namely, the Clementines, or the Extravagants▪ But bishop Hooper said, that book was not i• which he named.
THE bishop of Winchester replied, You shall not have any other, until you be judged by this. And then began such a noise, tumult, and sp••king together of a great many that favoured not the cause, that nothing was done or spoke orderly or charitably. Afterwards, judge Morgan began to rail at bishop Hooper a long time, with many opprobrious and foul words of his doing at Gloucester, in punishing of men, and said, there was never such a tyrant as he was. After that, Dr. Day, bishop of Chichester said, that the […] of Ancyra, which was before the council of Nice, was against the marriage of priests.
THE bishop of Winchester replied, You shall not have any other, until you be judged by this. And then began such a noise, tumult, and sp••king together of a great many that favoured not the cause, that nothing was done or spoke orderly or charitably. Afterwards, judge Morgan began to rail at bishop Hooper a long time, with many opprobrious and foul words of his doing at Gloucester, in punishing of men, and said, there was never such a tyrant as he was. After that, Dr. Day, bishop of Chichester said, that the 〈…〉 of Ancyra, which was before the council of Nice, was against the marriage of priests.