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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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Mills. The substance of Christ's body doth not fill the mouse's belly. For although he doth receive the outward forms of bread and wine, yet he doth not receive the substance inwardly, but without violation And a mouse doth not eat the body of Christ▪ to speak properly; for it doth not feed him spiritually or corporally, as it doth man, because he doth not receive it to any inducement of immortality to the flesh.
Milles. The substance of Christ's body doth not fill the mouse's belly. For although he doth receive the outward forms of bread and wine, yet he doth not receive the substance inwardly, but without violation And a mouse doth not eat the body of Christ▪ to speak properly; for it doth not feed him spiritually or corporally, as it doth man, because he doth not receive it to any inducement of immortality to the flesh.
Bland. You make not your doctrine plain to be understood: we must know how a mouse can receive the substance inwardly and outwardly. You say he doth not receive the substance inwardly, but without violation: Ergo, with violation he receiveth the substance inwardly. You say that the mouse cannot violate Christ's body; but he violateth the substance that he eateth. And this your proper ⟨p. 710⟩speech doth import as much, as that the mouse should eat the sacrament to as great effect, and the same thing, as doth the unworthy receiver. For if that be the cause that she properly eateth not the body of Christ, because she doth not feed upon it spiritually nor corporally, nor receiveth it to be any inducement of immortality, as you say; then it followeth, that the unbeliever and the mouse receive both one thing. And yet it cannot be denied, but the mouse will live with consecrated bread, and then you must grant this absurdity, that a substance is nourished and fed only without accidents.
Mills. Men's bodies be fed with Christ's body, as with immortal meat, by reason of the Godhead annexed, to eternal life; but men's bodies be corporally nourished with qualities and forms of bread and wine: and we deny that by the sacramental eating any gross humour turned into blood is made miraculously in the body.
Milles. Men's bodies be fed with Christ's body, as with immortal meat, by reason of the Godhead annexed, to eternal life; but men's bodies be corporally nourished with qualities and forms of bread and wine: and we deny that by the sacramental eating any gross humour turned into blood is made miraculously in the body.
Bland. Where it cannot be denied that a man may live, and naturally be nourished in his natural body with the sacramental bread and wine consecrated; you cannot avoid that: but then you turn to the spiritual nourishing of a man's body, by Christ's body and Godhead annexed, which is nothing to put away the absurdity, that either a man's natural body should be fed naturally with accidents, or else to have them changed into gross humours. But you say, men's bodies be corporally nourished with qualities and forms of bread and wine: and then must you needs grant, that qualities and quantities must be made substance in man. For by them our bodies are nourished, or else is all that is the nutriment in man, accidents and no substance.
Mills. If the forms of bread and wine be burned, or worms engendered, it is no derogation to the body of Christ, because the presence of his body ceaseth to be there, and no substance cometh again.
Milles. If the forms of bread and wine be burned, or worms ingendered, it is no derogation to the body of Christ, because the presence of his body ceaseth to be there, and no substance cometh again.
Bland. Ye grant here, that a substance may be made of accidents, as ashes or worms: but I think you will have it by your miracles, and this I count a greater absurdity than the other, that Christ's body should cease to be there, and no substance to come again; for no word in all the whole bible seems to serve you for the ceasing of his presence, though we granted you, which we do not, that it were ther•. God Almighty open your heart, if it be his will and pleasure, to see the truth. And if I thought not my death to be at hand, I would answer you to all the rest, in these and all other my doings.
Bland. Ye grant here, that a substance may be made of accidents, as ashes or worms: but I think you will have it by your miracles, and this I count a greater absurdity than the other, that Christ's body should cease to be there, and no substance to come again; for no word in all the whole bible seems to serve you for the ceas•ng of his presence, though we granted you, which we do not, that it were ther•. God Almighty open your heart, if it be his will and pleasure, to see the truth. And if I thought not my death to be at hand, I would answer you to all the rest, in these and all other my doings.
I submit myself to our Saviour Jesus Christ, and his holy word, desiring you in the bowels of Christ to do the same.
Your orator in the Lord, JOHN BLAND.
HITHERTO you have heard the troublesome handling of this faithful servant of God, John Bland, tossed to and fro, from prison to prison, from session to session. At last he was brought before the bishop of Dover, the commissary, and the archdeacon, at Canterbury, the 13th day of June. The name of this bishop was Richard Thornton ▪ The commissary was Robert Collins, whom the cardinal by his letters patent had substituted his agent, before his coming over to England. The archdeacon was Nicholas Harpsfield. Under th•s• a great many innocent lambs of Christ was cruelly treated and barbarously slain at Canterbury, amongst whom the aforesaid Mr. Bland was one of the first▪ who, as it is said, being brought before the first bishop, and colleagues, which were John Franke••, Nicholas Sheterden, Thomas Thacker, Humphrey Middleton, and William Cocker, were examined of articles. To whom it was objected by the commissary, Whether he believed that Christ is really in the sacrament, or not, &c. To this he answered and said, that he believed, that Christ is in the sacrament, as he is in all other good bodies; so that he judged not Christ to be really in the sacrament.
HITHERTO you have heard the troublesome handling of this faithful servant of God, John Bland, tost to and fro, from prison to prison, from session to session. At last he was brought before the bishop of Dover, the commissary, and the archdeacon, at Canterbury, the 13th day of June. The name of this bishop was Richard Thornto• ▪ The commissary was Robert Collins, whom the cardinal by his letters patent had substituted his agent, before his coming over to England. The archdeacon was Nicholas Harpsfield. Under th•s• a great many innocent lambs of Christ was cruelly treated and barbarously slain at Canterbury, amongst whom the aforesaid Mr. Bland was one of the first▪ who, as it is said, being brought before the first bishop, and colleagues, which were John Franke••, Nicholas Sheterden, Thomas Thacker, Humphrey Middleton, and William Cocker, were examined of articles. To whom it was objected by the commissary, Whether he believed that Christ is really in the sacrament, or not, &c. To this he answered and said, that he believed, that Christ is in the sacrament, as he is in all other good bodies; so that he judged not Christ to be really in the sacrament.
WHEREUPON the day being on Monday, he was bid to appear again upon Wednesday next, and from thence he was deferred again to Monday following, being the 20th of June, in the same chapter-house, then to hear further what should be done, in case he would not relent to their mind. Which day and place he appearing as before, was required to speak his mind plainly and fully to the aforesaid articles, being again repeated unto him. These articles, commonly and in course they usually objected to ⟨p. 711⟩their examinates which were brought before them, which articles, as here now followeth, need not hereafter be repeated, especially for the county of Kent.
FIRST, That thou art of the diocese of Canterbury, and so subject to the jurisdiction of the archbishop there.
2. Item, That thou art a christian man, and dost profess the laws of God, and faith of Christ's catholic church, and the determination of the same.
3. Item, That all persons who teach, preach, believe, affirm, hold, maintain, or say within the diocese of Canterbury, otherwise than our holy mother the church doth, are excommunicate persons, and heretics, and as excommunicate and heretics ought to be named, reputed, and taken.
4. Item, That thou, contrary to the catholic faith and determination of our holy mother church, within the diocese of Canterbury, hast openly spoken, maintained, holden, affirmed, and believed, and yet dost hold, affirm, and believe, that in the blessed sacrament of the altar, under the forms of bread and wine, there is not the very body and blood of our Saviour Jesus Christ in substance, but only a token, sign, and remembrance thereof, and that the very body and blood of Christ is only in heaven, and no where else.
