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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 11 › The Confession of JOHN LAUNDER, before BONNER, Bishop of London.
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AND moreover he doth confess, say, and believe, that the mass now used in the realm of England, or elsewhere in all Christendom, is naught and abominable, and directly against God's word, and his catholic church; and that there is nothing said or used in it good and profitable. For he saith that albeit the Gloria in excel•is, the creed, Sanc••• Parer-noster, Agnus, and other parts of the mass, be of themselves good and profitable, yet the […] being used amongst other things that be naught and superfluous in the mass, the same good things […] become naught also, as he believeth.
AND moreover he doth confess, say, and believe, that the mass now used in the realm of England, or elsewhere in all Christendom, is naught and abominable, and directly against God's word, and his catholic church; and that there is nothing said or used in it good and profitable. For he saith that albeit the Gloria in excel•is, the creed, Sanc••• Parer-noster, Agnus, and other parts of the mass, be of themselves good and profitable, yet the 〈…〉 being used amongst other things that be naught and superfluous in the mass, the same good things 〈…〉 become naught also, as he believeth.
ALSO he doth believe and confess, that auri•• lar confession is not necessary to be made to any priest, or to any other creature, but every […] ought to confess his sins only to God; and […] that no man hath any authority to absolve any […] from his sins; and also believeth, that the right and true way (according to the scripture) after a […] hath fallen from grace to sin, to arise to Christ • gain, is to be sorry for his offences, and to do the same or the like no more; and not to make any auricular confession of them to the priest, or […] take absolution of them at the priest's hands. A• which his said opinions he hath believed these seven or eight years past, and in that time hath div times openly argued and defended the same, a he saith, &c.