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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 › The EXAMINATION of Mr. JOHN LEAF.
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FIRST, As touching his belief and faith in the said sacrament of the altar, he answered, that after the words of consecration spoke by the priest over the bread and wine, there was not the very true and natural body and blood of Christ in substance; and further did hold and believe, that the said sacrament of the altar, as it is now called, used, an believed in this realm of England, is idolatrous and abominable; and also said further, that he believed, that after the words of consecration spoke by the priest over the material bread and wine, there is not the self-same substance of Christ's body and blood there contained; but bread and wine, as it was before. And further said, that he believed, that when the priest delivereth the •aid material bread and wine to the communicants, he delivereth only material bread and wine; and the communicants do receive the same in remembrance of Christ's death and passion, and spiritually in faith they receive Christ's body and blood, but not under the forms of bread and wine: and also affirmed, that he believed confession not necessary to be made unto a priest; neither that the priest hath any authority given him by the scripture to absolve and remit any sin.
UPON these his answers, and testimony of his faith, he was at that time dismissed, with orders to appear again on the next Monday, June 10, in the said place, there and then to hear the sentence of his condemnation. At which time the aforesaid bishop propounded the said articles to him as before, endeavouring by all manner of ways to bring him to renounce his religion; but notwithstanding all his persuasions, threats, and promises, found him the same man still, so planted upon the sure rock of truth, that no words or deeds of men could remove him:
THEN the bishop, after many words passing between them, at last asked him, if he had been Mr. Rogers's scholar? To whom the aforesaid John Leaf answered again, granting it so to be; and that he believed in the doctrine of the said Rogers, and in the doctrine of bishop Hooper, Cardmaker, and others of their opinion, who were lately burned for the testimony of Christ, and that he would die in that doctrine that they died for. The bishop still continued persuading him to return to the unity of the church, but he answered again in these words: My lord, (said he) you call mine opinion heresy; but it is the true light of the word of God. And again repeating the same, he professed that he would never forsake his stayed and well grounded opinion, while the breath should be in his body. Whereupon