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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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THEN the commissary affirmed plainly, that it was true God hath no right hand indeed.
Shut. Oh what an injury to Christ's religion will this be, that because we cannot tell how God came down, therefore we shall say, that he came not down at all, and because we cannot tell what manner of hand he hath, to say that he hath no hand at all; and then he cannot reach the utmost parts of the sea. O misery! at length it will come to pass, that God cannot sit, and then how can heaven be his seat? and if heaven be not his seat, then there is no heaven; and then at length I doubt you will say there is no God, or else no other God but such as the heathen gods are, which cannot go nor feel.
Shet. Oh what an injury to Christ's religion will this be, that because we cannot tell how God came down, therefore we shall say, that he came not down at all, and because we cannot tell what manner of hand he hath, to say that he hath no hand at all; and then he cannot reach the utmost parts of the sea. O misery! at length it will come to pass, that God cannot sit, and then how can heaven be his seat? and if heaven be not his seat, then there is no heaven; and then at length I doubt you will say there is no God, or else no other God but such as the heathen gods are, which cannot go nor feel.
Commis. Why, doth not the scripture say, that God is a Spirit? and what hand can a Spirit have?