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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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AGAIN, when the examinates hold only against the erroneous points of Romish religion, these bishops in their interrogatories give out the matter so generally, as though the said examinates in general spake against all the articles taught in Rome, Spain, England, France, Scotland, &c.
MOREOVER, concerning Latin service, in such crafty form of words they propound their article, that it might appear to the people these men do deny any service to be lawful in any place, country, or language, but only in English.
MOREOVER, concerning Latin •ervice, in such crafty form of words they propound their article, that it might appear to the people these men do deny any service to be lawful in any place, country, or language, but only in English.
AND as these articles are craftily, captiously, and deceitfully in form of words devised by the bishops and their notaries; so the answers again to the same be no less subtly framed, and after the most odious manner put down in the name of the examinates, which being thus read unto them, without further advice they were constrained upon a sudden to subscribe the same with their hands. Whereby if any word escaped their hand, peradventure not considerately subscribed, there the papists took advantage against them, to defame them, and to bring them into hatred with the people.
AND as these articles are craftily, captiously, and deceitfully in form of words devised by the bishops and their notaries; so the answers again to the same be no less subtilly framed, and after the most odious manner put down in the name of the examinates, which being thus read unto them, without further advice they were constrained upon a sudden to subscribe the same with their hands. Whereby if any word escaped their hand, peradventure not considerately subscribed, there the papists took advantage against them, to defame them, and to bring them into hatred with the people.