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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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Collins. Well, on Monday at nine of the clock you shall see the law, and have articles laid unto you.
THEN they espied Mr. Cox the lawyer, and called him in, and said, Here is a lawyer can tell you are bound by law to answer: And he said as they had said.
Collins. Do you not believe, that after the consecration of the blessed sacrament of the altar, there remaineth no substance of bread, but the substance of Jesus Christ, both God and man?
Collins. Do you not believe, that after the consecration of the blessed sacrament of the altar, there remaineth no substance of bread, but the subst••ce of Jesus Christ, both God and man?
Bland. Mr. Commissary, I know not by any law why you should ask me that question more than any other man here. And after a little talk, my lord of Dover asked me this question: Dost thou not believe, after the consecration, that it is the body of Christ? And I said, No, I do not so believe: for the scriptures do not teach me, that there should remain the flesh of Christ, to eat as a man should eat man's flesh.