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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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Brad. It is no otherwise visible, than Christ was here on earth: that is, by no exterior pomp or show that setteth her forth commonly, and therefore to see her we must put on such eyes, as good men put on to see and know Christ when he walked here on earth: for as Eve was of the same substance that Adam was of, "Flesh of his flesh, and bone of his bone;" as St. Paul saith, Ephes. v. Look therefore how Christ was visibly known to be Christ when he was on earth, that is, by considering him after the word of God: so is the church known.
Brad. It is no otherwise visible, than Christ was here on earth: that is, by no exterior pomp or shew that setteth her forth commonly, and therefore to see her we must put on such eyes, as good men put on to see and know Christ when he walked here on earth: for as Eve was of the same substance that Adam was of, "Flesh of his flesh, and bone of his bone;" as St. Paul saith, Ephes. v. Look therefore how Christ was visibly known to be Christ when he was on earth, that is, by considering him after the word of God: so is the church known.
Harps. I do not come to reason at present, and therefore I will go on forward. Is not this church a multitude?
Brad. Yes, that it is. Howbeit, the snake lies hid in the grass, as the proverb is. For i• your question is a subtlety. What visible multitude was ⟨p. 637⟩there in Elijah's time, or when Moses was on the mount, Aaron and all Israel worshipping the calf?