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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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ALPHONSUS which had the testament in his hand, desirous to suppress this foil, turned the leaves of the book from leaf to leaf, till he came to the place, 1 Cor. xi. and there he read how that he was guilty, which made no difference of the Lord's body.
Brad. Yea, but therewith he saith, "He that eateth of the bread:" calling it bread still: and that after consecration (as you call it), as in the tenth of the Corinthians he saith; "The bread which we break," &c.
Alph. Oh how ignorant are you, who know not that things after their conversion do retain the same names which they had before, as Moses's rod: and calling for a bible, after he had found the place, he began to triumph: but Bradford cooled him quickly, saying, SIR, there is mention made of the conversion, as well as that the same appeared to the sense. But here you cannot find it so. Find me one word how the bread is converted, and I will then say, you bring some matter that maketh for you. AT these words Alphonsus was troubled, and at length he said, That Bradford hanged on his own sense.