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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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AFTER the excommunication of Mr. John Rogers, Mr. John Bradford was called in, and standing before the lord chancellor and other bishops, the said lord chancellor spake thus in effect.
AFTER the excommunication of Mr. John Rogers, Mr. John Bardford was called in, and standing before the lord chancellor and other bishops, the said lord chancellor spake thus in eff•ct.
Lord Chan. Whereas before the 2•d of January the said Bradford was called before th•• (said he) and they offered unto him the queen's ⟨p. 623⟩pardon, although he had contemned the same; and further said, that he would stiffly and stoutly maintain and defend the erroneous doctrine taught in the days of king Edward VI. yet in consideration that the queen's highness was wonderfully merciful, they thought good to offer the same mercy again, before it was too late: therefore advise you well, said he, there is yet space and grace before we so proceed, that you be committed to the secular power, as we must, and will do, if you will not follow the example of Mr. Barlow, and Mr. Cardmaker, whom he there commended, adding many arguments to induce the said Mr. Bradford to yield to the religion then set forth. AFTER the lord chancellor's long talk, Mr. Bradford began to speak in this manner: My lord, and my lords all, as I now stand in your sight before you, so I humbly beseech your honours to consider, that you sit in the seat of the Lord, who (as David doth witness) is in the congregation of judges, and sitteth in the midst of them judging: and as you would have your place to be by us taken as God's place, so demonstrate yourselves to follow him in your sitting; that is, seek no guiltless blood, neither hunt by questions to bring into a snare them which are out of the same. At this present I stand before you, guilty or guiltless, then proceed and give sentence accordingly: if guiltless, then give me the benefit of a subject, which hitherto I could not ave. […] the lord chancellor replied, and said, that the said Bradford began with a true sentence, That the Lord is in the midst of them that judge. But, said he, this and all thy gesture declareth hypocrisy and vain glory. And further he endeavoured to […] himself, that he sought not guiltless blood, and so began a long process how that Bradford's […] at St Paul's Cross was presumptuous and arrogant and declared a taking upon him to lead the people, which could not but turn to much, […] that thou (speaking to Bradford) […] story and stout in religion at that present […] which as thou wert then committed to prison, so […] thou hast been kept in prison, where […] letters to the great hurt of the […] as was credibly declared by te […] o Dby in the parliament-house. And to this he added, that the said Mr.