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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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16. ITEM, Such as he owes displeasures unto, he citeth from place to place, and day to day, only for their vexation, laying no matter against them; and being divers times required the copy of his proceedings against them, to the intent they might answer accordingly, and be at their lawful defence; he denied to all such persons the copies of his proceedings.
17. ITEM, He and his officers wink at the manifest and open crimes of his favourers and adherents, to the evil example of the whole diocese, and abuse the censure of excommunication and suspension, making it an instrument of revenge against such as they do not favour.
18. ITEM, Having received payment of the king's majesty's subsidy, due in Oct. the fourth year of his grace's reign, of the foresaid chanter of the cathedral church of St. David's, and Rowland Meyrike, two of the residentaries there, before Christmas last, he unjustly, of a premeditated mind and purpose, afterwards certified them for recusants, to their ruin, if they had not been admonished of his cruel purpose, and provided lawful defence for the same.
18. ITEM, Having received payment of the king's majesty's subsidy, due in Oct. the fourth year of his grace's reign, of the foresaid chaunter of the cathedral church of St. David's, and Rowland Meyrike, two of the residentaries there, before Christmas last, he unjustly, of a premeditated mind and purpose, afterwards certified them for recusants, to their ruin, if they had not been admonished of his cruel purpose, and provided lawful defence for the same.
19. ITEM, The said bishop celebrating matrimony in his own person, dispensed, contrary to the book of ordinance, with the parties married, for not receiving the holy communion; the parties both being young and lusty persons, having no reasonable cause wherefore they should abstain. At which celebration the bishop communicated not himself. And further the communion was celebrated by a chaplain of his, with superstitious blowings, kneelings, and knockings both by the chaplain that ministered, and by all the company, only one other priest communicating for the manner.
20. ITEM, Where the official of the archdeacon of Carmarthen, in his visitation within Carmarthen, found, contrary unto the said ordinance, an altar set up in the body of the church, for the celebration of the communion, and caused the said altar to be taken away, and a table to be set in the middle of the church; the bishop after the same commanded the vicar of Carmarthen to set the table without the chancel again for the ministration of the communion.
20. ITEM, Where the official of the archdeacon of Caermarthen, in his visitation within Caermarthen, found, contrary unto the said ordinance, an altar set up in the body of the church, for the celebration of the communion, and caused the said altar to be taken away, and a table to be set in the middle of the church; the bishop after the same commanded the vicar of Caermarthen to set the table without the chancel again for the ministration of the communion.
21. ITEM, He being often in Carmarthen, and other places in the chancel at the time of the holy communion, not only tarried there himself, neither communicating nor ministering bare-headed and uncovered, reverently kneeling; but also permitting the people there to continue, the chancel and choir full, kneeling and knocking their breasts. Which manner is yet used in all the diocese, without any reformation or gainsay of him or any his officers.
21. ITEM, He being often in Caermarthen, and other places in the chancel at the time of the holy communion, not only tarried there himself, neither communicating nor ministering bare-headed and uncovered, reverently kneeling; but also permitting the people there to continue, the chancel and choir full, kneeling and knocking their breasts. Which manner is yet used in all the diocese, without any reformation or gainsay of him or any his officers.
22. ITEM, Whereas superstitious praying upon ⟨p. 514⟩beads is not only ungodly, but reproved in the king's majesty's injunctions; the said bishop meeting many with beads in their hands never rebuked any of them.
23. ITEM, The said bishop being in the pulpit, and seeing divers corpses within the church, with a great number of lights upon them, never spoke against any of them.
24. ITEM, Whereas the ordinance willeth, that no children be baptized but upon the Sunday, or holy-day, (only cases of necessity excepted) he, having two children himself born without danger, caused one of them to be baptized on the week day. And by his example, without any contradiction o• motion of reformation, it is used, as it hath been accustomed, in all the diocese commonly, contrary to the book of ordinance in that behalf.
25. ITEM, From his first coming into the diocese, he hath had, and yet hath his only study, labour, and practice, to survey land, and to look for mines, &c. neglecting his own bounden duty to apply to his book and preaching.
26. ITEM, He keepeth no manner of hospitality, but hath his servants' table in one parlour with him, lest any strangers should approach his servants being at their meat.
27. ITEM, He is commonly talking not of godliness, but of worldly matters, as baking, brewing, inclosing, ploughing, mining of mill-stones, discharging of tenants, and such like, not only at his table, but also most commonly at other places.
28. ITEM, That he hath warned divers tenants out of their lands, which they and their ancestors have enjoyed for their rents, these hundred years and more, and occupied with tillage; which he said he would enclose, and being sued to by poor men, because of quietness, he answered, The crows shall eat the corn, rather than ye shall have any profit thereof.
28. ITEM, That he hath warned divers tenants out of their lands, which they and their ancestors have enjoyed for their rents, these hundred years and more, and occupied with tillage; which he said he would inclose, and being sued to by poor men, because of quietness, he answered, The crows shall eat the corn, rather than ye shall have any profit thereof.
29. ITEM, When the vicars choral of St. David's, for relief of their hospitality, had an island of his called the Bishop's-isle, for 40s. rent, which he let to a chaplain of his for 5l. by the year; and where, at the suit of the said vicars it was granted by the bishop in the whole chapter, that the vicars should have it for years at 40s. rent, and pay 20l. entry; he now covetously, and against his promise openly made, denieth the same, except the vicars would give 50l.
30. ITEM, He caused the curate of St. David's to warn the tenants out of their said lands in the pulpit, to the great offence of the people, who were wont to have God's word preached there; and so they said to the curate at that time.
31. ITEM, To the ploughing of a pasture not above ten days work, in lent, anno 1549, he had 32 ploughs in one day, and those ploughs the priest bade in the church, contrary to the statute of Gomorrah in that behalf provided, and to the evil example of gentlemen in that country.
31. ITEM, To the ploughing of a pasture not above ten days work, in lent, anno 1549, he had 32 ploughs in one day, and those ploughs the priest bade in the church, contrary to the statute of Gomortha in that behalf provided, and to the evil example of gentlemen in that country.
