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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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20. TO the 20th he saith, That George Constantine, in the third year of his majesty's reign, not regarding the dangerous time of rebellion in other places, rashly caused to be pulled down, without any authority known to this defendant, the communion altar in Carmarthen church, by his own presumptuous mind, appointing the use thereof in another place of the church, not without grudge of the people. Wherefore the bishop fearing tumult, commanded the vicar to set up the communion table (for the time) near to the place where it was before.
20. TO the 20th he saith, That George Constantine, in the third year of his majesty's reign, not regarding the dangerous time of rebellion in other places, rashly caused to be pulled down, without any authority known to this defendant, the communion altar in Caermarthen church, by his own presumptuous mind, appointing the use thereof in another place of the church, not without grudge of the people. Wherefore the bishop fearing tumult, commanded the vicar to set up the communion table (for the time) near to the place where it was before.
21. TO the 21st he saith, That he has been divers times in the quire of Carmarthen, and hath tarried there in the communion time, not communicating himself, and that in every church where he cometh on the holy-day to preach, or to pray, he kneeled in the quire bare-headed, as well at matins before the communion, as at evening song after, without any superstition: he thinketh it not necessary for the communion's sake to leave kneeling to Christ. But he hath diligently taught the people not to kneel nor knock to the visible show, or external show of the sacrament. And the choirs of Carmarthen and other places there, are not close at the sides, so that the people may come in and go out at their pleasure. Moreover the king's ordinances do not authorize him to rebuke the people for knocking on their breasts, in token of repentance of their sins; nor for kneeling, in token of submission to God for mercy in Christ.
21. TO the 21st he saith, That he has been divers times in the quire of Caermarthen, and hath tarried there in the communion time, not communicating himself, and that in every church where he cometh on the holy-day to preach, or to pray, he kneeled in the quire bare-headed, as well at matins before the communion, as at evening song after, without any superstition: he thinketh it not necessary for the communion's sake to leave kneeling to Christ. But he hath diligently taught the people not to kneel nor knock to the visible shew, or external shew of the sacrament. And the choirs of Caermarthen and other places there, are not close at the sides, so that the people may come in and go out at their pleasure. Moreover the king's ordinances do not authorize him to rebuke the people for knocking on their breasts, in token of repentance of their sins; nor for kneeling, in token of submission to God for mercy in Christ.
22. TO the 22d he saith, That in the time of the rebellion in Devonshire and Cornwall, threatening to come into Wales, he teached the people the true form of prayer, according to God's holy word, and declaring the prayer upon the beads to be vain and superstitious, yet durst nor for fear of tumult forcibly take from any man his beads, without authority. And touching the not reproving of such as he should meet, wearing beads, he remembereth not that he hath so done, unless it were in the rebellion time, at which time he durst not rebuke such offenders.
23. TO the 23d he saith, That he being in the pulpit, his face towards the people, did not see the lights, if any were set up about the corpse behind his back till after that he came down from the pulpit. But he with George Constantine and the aforesaid chanter, fitting in the church, in Carmarthen, to •ear causes, and seeing the vicar with other priests, with song and lights bringing a corpse up to the church, called forthwith the vicar and priests, and rebuked them in open court, as cormorants and •avens, flying about the dead carcass for lucre and sake.
23. TO the 23d he saith, That he being in the pulpit, his face towards the people, did not see the lights, if any were set up about the corpse behind his back till after that he came down from the pulpit. But he with George Constantine and the aforesaid chaunter, fitting in the church, in Caermarthen, to •ear causes, and seeing the vicar with other priests, with song and lights bringing a corpse up to the church, called forthwith the vicar and priests, and rebuked them in open court, as cormorants and •avens, flying about the dead carcass for lucre and sake.
24. TO the 24th he saith, That he caused the one child being born with great peril of death to the mother, and itself lying for dead a certain space after, to be christened on the working day: the other child was christened on the working day, because both father and mother, and all other people there were in peril of death by reason of the sudden sweat, which all men feared at that time. And touching the rest of the accusation, which is, that by that example, it is used after the old accustomed fashion, he knoweth no such thing.
25. AND the 25th article he utterly denieth.
26. TO the 28th he saith, That his hall at Aberguilly ⟨p. 521⟩being ruinous, he useth for his hall a great chamber adjoining, for himself and his servants, and all manner of strangers, and besides twenty persons in his house daily. What other hospitality he keepeth, honest neighbours can testify.
27. TO the 27th he saith, That his talk is according to his hearers, that is to say, reverently and truly of faith, love, and honest life, according to scripture to like auditors; and to other irreverent and rash turmoilers of scripture and holy doctrine, he doth talk of honest worldly things with godly intent; and that he doth not most commonly talk of such things as are expressed in this article, but when he hath honest occasion so to do.
28. The 28th he saith, is untrue, and that he hath warned no man out of his lands; but where he is destitute of necessary provision▪ and would have part of his own domain from certain freeholders, having it only from year to year at pleasure, he cannot obtain it without brawling. Wherefore he suffereth them to keep it even still, against right and reason. And touching the rest, that he had rather the crows should eat it, &c, he never spake any such word.
29. TO the 29th he saith. That whereas his predecessor bishop Barloe, did let to farm the isle of Ramsey to one William Brown, after whose hands this defendant received it into his own possession, the vicars of St. David's being dispossessed of it long before; he did let it over to Stephen Green, for 40s. the ground, as it was before, and 3• more for seals, coneys▪ and fowls there: and he knoweth of no right the vicar's choral had therein, who did refuse when this defendant did diligently upon reasonable conditions offer the same unto them: and this defendant made no promise unto them, as is contained in the article.
29. TO the 29th he saith. That whereas his predecessor bishop Barloe, did let to farm the isle of Ramsey to one William Brown, after whose hands this defendant received it into his own possession, the vicars of St. David's being dispossessed of it long before; he did let it over to Strephen Green, for 40s. the ground, as it was before, and 3• more for seals, coneys▪ and fowls there: and he knoweth of no right the vicar's choral had therein, who did refuse when this defendant did diligently upon reasonable conditions offer the same unto them: and this defendant made no promise unto them, as is contained in the article.
30. TO the 30th he saith▪ He knoweth not but that he advertised his bailiff to warn the freeholders, and others having his domain in rent, during pleasure, to leave it at a lawful day to this defendant's necessary use▪ but did not cause the curate to do as is contained in the article to his remembrance.
30. TO the 30th he saith▪ He knoweth not but that he advertized his bailiff to warn the freeholders, and others having his d•main in rent, during pleasure, to leave it at a lawful day to this defendant's necessary use▪ but did not cause the curate to do as is contained in the article to his remembrance.
31. TO the 31st he saith, That he knoweth not what the priest bade in the church, nor how many ploughs there came, undesired of this defendant. But he knoweth certainly, that he desired no man's labour but for his money.
32. TO the 32d he saith, That he knoweth not any such appointment of schools and revenues there, but he found there (after the departing of bishop Barloe) a schoolmaster, an usher being a priest, and twenty scholars, which he hath hitherto maintained better than he found it, to his knowledge: he did never convert any penny thereof to his own use, albeit he might lawfully have done the same.
33. THE 33d he saith, is all untrue, so far as he knoweth.
