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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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Volume 1 › Book 2 › Chapter 10 › A CONVERSATION between bishop BONNER and Mr. BRADFORD.
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Cr•s. Desire and name what learned man or men you will have to come […] you. My lord of York, my lord of Lincoln, my lord of Bath, and others will gladly come unto you.
Cr•s. Desire and name what learned man or men you will have to come 〈…〉 you. My lord of York, my lord of Lincoln, my lord of Bath, and others will gladly come unto you.
Brad. No, never will I desire them, or any other, to come to confer with me; for I am as certain of my doctrine as I am of any thing. But for your pleasure, and also that all men may know that I am not ashamed to have my faith sifted and tried, bring whom you will, and I will talk with them. So they went their way. ABOUT three o'clock in the afternoon. Dr. Harding, who was then the bishop of Lincoln's chaplain, came to Mr. Bradford, and after a great and solemn protestation, declaring that he had prayed to God before he came, to turn his talk to Bradford's good, he began to tell the good opinion he had of Bradford, and spent the time in such tattling, so that thei• talk was to little purpose; have that Mr. Bradford prayed him to consider from whence he was fallen, and not follow the world, nor to love it: for the love of God is not where the world is. BUT Harding counted Mr. Bradford in a damnable state, as one being out of the church, and therefore desired him to take care of his soul, and not die in such an opinion. WHAT▪ Mr. Harding, said Mr. Bradford, I have heard you with these ears maintain what I now stand in.
Harding. I grant that I have taught the doctrine of transubstantiation was subtle doctrine, but otherwise I never taught it. And so he inveighing against marriages of priests, and namely against Peter Martyr, Martin Bucer, Luther, and such, who for breaking their vows were justly green up into heresies as he said: Mr. Bradford seeing him altogether given up to popery, after admonishing him thereof, bade him farewell. UPON the 25th of February, Percival Creswell came with Mr. Harpsfield, archdeacon of London, and a servant waiting upon him. After formal salutations, he made a long oration, of which this is a short sum; That all men, even the Infidels, Turks, Jews, Anabaptists, and Libertines, desire happiness as well as the Christians, and that every one thinketh they shall attain to it by their religion. To which Mr. Bradford answered briefly, that he spake not far amiss.