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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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Thirdly, That the said Denley hath not believed, nor doth believe, that this church of England is any part or member of the said catholic church.
Fourthly, That the said Denley hath believed and doth believe, that the mass now used in this realm of England is naught, and full of idolatry and evil, and plain against God's word, and therefore […], the said Denley, hath not heard it, nor will hear it.
Fourthly, That the said Denley hath believed and doth believe, that the mass now used in this realm of England is naught, and full of idolatry and evil, and plain against God's word, and therefore 〈…〉, the said Denley, hath not heard it, nor will hear it.
Fifthly, That the said Denley hath believed, and doth so believe, that auricular confession now used in this realm of England, is not good, but contrary to God's word.
Sixthly, That the said Denley hath believed, and doth so believe, that absolution given by the priest hearing confession, is not good, nor allowable by God's word, but contrary to the same.
Seventhly, That the said Denley hath believed, and doth so believe, that christening of children, as it is now used in the church of England, is not good, nor allowable by God's word, but against it: likewise confirming of children, giving of orders, saying of matins and even-song, anointing of sick persons, making of holy bread and holy water, with the rest of the church.
Seventhly, That the said Denley hath believed, and doth so believe, that christening of children, as it is now used in the church of England, is not good, nor allowable by God's word, but against it: likewise confirming of children, giving of orders, saying of mattins and even-song, anointing of sick persons, making of holy bread and holy water, with the rest of the church.
Eighthly, That the said Denley hath believed, and doth so believe, that there are but two sacraments in Christ's catholic church, that is to say, the sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the altar.
Ninthly, That the said Denley hath believed, and doth so believe. that forasmuch as Christ is ascended up into heaven, therefore the very body of Christ is not in the sacrament of the altar.
Tenthly, That thou Patrick Packingham, now being of the age of twenty-one at least, being within the house of the bishop of London at St. Paul's, and by him brought to the great chapel to hear mass there, the said 23d day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1555, didst unreverently stand in the said chapel, having thy cap on thy head all the time of mass; and didst also refuse to receive holy water and holy bread at the hands of the priest, there contemning and despising both the mass, and the said holy water and holy bread.
TO the first article I answer, It is very true. To the second article I answer, That it is not true: for I believe the holy catholic church, which is built upon the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Christ being the head; which holy church is the congregation of faithful people d•• pierced through the whole world, which church doth truly preach God's holy word; and doth also administer the two sacraments, that is to say, baptism and the supper of the Lord, according to his blessed word. TO the third article I answer, That I do believe that this church of England, using the faith and religion which is now used, is no part or member of the aforesaid catholic church, but is the church of Antichrist, the bishop of Rome being the […] thereof: for it is plain, that they have altered the testament of God, and set up a testament of their own devising, full of blasphemy and lies: for Christ's testament is, that he would have all things done to the edifying of the people, as it appea••• when he taught them to pray, Matth. vi. and […] it appeareth by St. Paul, 1 Cor. xiv. for he […] that "He that prophesieth, speaketh unto me• for their edifying, for their exhortation, and for their comfort; he that speaketh with the tongue, pro•• eth himself; he that prophesieth, edifieth the c•• gregation." ALSO he saith, "Even so likewise when you […] with tongues, except you speak words that have signification, how shall it be understood what is spoken▪ for you shall but speak in the air, that is as much as to say, in vain. Also he saith, Thou verily given thanks well, but the other is not edified. I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than you all▪ yet I had rather in the congregation to speak […] words with understanding, to the information of others, than ten thousand words with the tongue. Also he saith, let all things be done to edification." ALSO it is written in the xlvi. Psalm "For God is king of all the earth: O sing praises unto him with understanding," &c. So it doth appear that this church of England, now used. is not built up•• Christ, if St. Paul's words be true, and also the Psalms; therefore this church is not built upon the prophets, apostles, nor Christ, as I have before declared.
TO the fourth article I answer, and I do believe (as I said before), That the mass now used in this ⟨p. 733⟩realm of England, is naught, and abominable idolatry and blasphemy against God's holy word; for Christ in his holy supper instituted the sacrament of bread and wine to be eaten together in remembrance of his death till he come, and not to have them worshipped, and make an idol of them: for God will not be worshipped in his creatures, but we ought to give him praise for his creatures, which he hath created for us. For he saith in the second commandment, "Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them." So it appeareth by this commandment, that we ought not to worship the sacrament of bread and wine, for it is plain idolatry; for he saith, No similitude; therefore, Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them. I pray you what do you call kneeling down, holding up the hands, knocking of the breast, putting off the cap, and making courtesy, with other like superstition▪ You would make men to be so blind as to think that this is no worshipping. PERADVENTURE you will object and say, You do not worship the bread and wine, but Christ's body, which was born of the virgin Mary, contained under the forms of bread and wine. But that is a very lie, for Christ's body which was born of the virgin Mary is in heaven, if St. Paul's words be true, as undoubtedly they are: for he saith in Heb. x. "But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, is set down for ever on the right hand of God, and from henceforth tarrieth till his foes be made his footstool." ALSO in chap. ix. he saith, "For Christ is not entered into holy places made with hands, which are similitudes of true things, but he is entered into very heaven, to appear now in the sight of God for us," &c. Also Phil. iii. "But our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for the Saviour, even the Lord Jesus Christ," &c. 1 Thess i. "For they themselves show of you, what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from images to serve the living God, and to look for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus which delivered us from the wrath to come," &c. Also,
Again, "I leave the world, and go to the Father," &c. John xvii. "Now I am not in the world, and they are in the world, and I come to thee." All these places of scripture, with many more, plainly prove to them that have ears to hear, that Christ's body which was born of the virgin Mary is in heaven, and not in the sacramental bread and wine; and therefore it is idolatry to worship them, &c. TO the fifth article I answer, That I do believe (as I said before) that auricular confession is not good as it is now used. Touching my sins wherein I have offended God, I must seek to him for remission thereof, for our Saviour saith, in the xi. of St. Matt. "Come unto me all ye that labour and are laden, I will ease you," &c. The prodigal son, Luke xv. saith, "I will arise and go to my Father, and I will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son," &c. Psal. xxxi. "I said I will acknowledge mine offences, and accuse myself unto the Lord, and so thou forgivest the iniquity of my sin," &c. Job xiii. "But I will reprove mine own ways in his sight: he shall make me whole, and there may no hypocrite come before him." Sirach xxxiv. "Who can be cleansed of the▪ unclean?" And there were but one of the ten lepers that were cleansed, that came to Christ to give him thanks. He asked for the other nine. But if I have offended my neighbour, I must reconcile myself to him; and if I be a notorious sinner, after the first and second admonition, it ought to be declared to the congregation, and the minister of the congregation hath power by the word to excommunicate me, and I am to be taken as an heathen person, not for a day, or for forty days, but until such time as I do openly in the congregation acknowledge my fault, and then the minister hath power by the word to preach to me, or them, the remission of our sins in the blood of Jesus Christ, as it is written in the xiiith of the Acts of the Apostles, and Matthew xviii. I know no more of any other confession. TO the sixth article, I the said John Denley have answered in the fifth. TO the seventh article I answer, that as touching the sacrament of baptism, which is the christening of
John used nothing but the preaching of the word and the water, as it doth appear when Christ required to be baptized of him, and others also who came to John to be baptized, as it appeareth, Matth. iii. Mark i. Luke iii. and Acts viii. the chamberlain said, See here is the water, what hindereth me to be baptized? It appeareth here that Philip had preached unto him; for he said, Here is water. We do not read, that he asked for any cream, oil, or spittle, or conjured water, or conjured wax, or croysom, or salt, for it seemeth that Philip had preached no such things to him: for he would as well have asked for them as for water: and the water was not conjured, but even as it was before. Also Acts x. "Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that these should no• be baptized?" &c. Acts xvi. "And Paul and Silas preached unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house: and he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and so was he baptized, and all they of his household straightway," where you see nothing but preaching the word, and the water. The like is to be said of the rest of the ceremonies of your church. TO the eighth article I answer shortly, that there be no more sacraments than two; baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, except you will make the rainbow a sacrament: for there is no sacrament but what hath a promise annexed to it. TO the ninth article I answer you, That you have my mind written already: for it was found about me when I was taken: and you also know my mind in the fourth article, plainly expressed, concerning the bodily presence: for Christ's body is in heaven, and will not be contained in so small a piece of bread. And as the words which Christ spake are true indeed, so must they also be understood by other places of scripture which Christ spake himself, and also the apostles after him. And thus I make an end. By me, JOHN DENLEY.
John used nothing but the preaching of the word and the water, as it doth appear when Christ required to be baptized of him, and others also who came to John to be baptized, as it appeareth,
THE first day of the month of July, the said three prisoners were brought into the consistory in St. Paul's, where Bonner proceeded against them after the usual form and manner of law, reading ••st their confessions, articles, and answers, and then temp• ing them sometimes with fair promi••, at other times with threatenings, which indeed were generally his chief arguments and reasons. In the end, seeing their unmoveable constancy, upon the 5th of July he condemned them as heretics, and delivered them to the sheriffs of London, as to his common executioners, who kept them till they were commanded by writ to send them to their several places of suffering; and accordingly Mr. Denley was sent to Uxbridge, where he was burned on the 8th day of August; and being set in the fire, with the burning flames about him, he sung a psalm.
THEN cruel Dr. Story being there present, commanded one of the tormentors to throw a faggot at him, wherewith being so hurt that his face bled, he left singing, and clapped both his hands upon his face. Truly, said Dr. Story to him tha• hurled the faggot, thou hast marred a good old song.
THEN cruel Dr. Story being there present, commanded one of the tormentors to throw a faggot at him, wherewith being so hurt that his face bled, he left singing, and clapt both his hands upon his face. Truly, said Dr. Story to him tha• hurled the faggot, thou hast marred a good old song.
YET notwithstanding all this, he put his hands abroad in the flames, and sung again, resigning his spirit into the hands of God, through his Son Jesus Christ.
TO the first article I answer, It is very true. To the second article I answer, That it is not true: for I believe the holy catholic church, which is built upon the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Christ being the head; which holy church is the congregation of faithful people d•• persed through the whole world, which church doth truly preach God's holy word; and doth also administer the two sacraments, that is to say, baptism and the supper of the Lord, according to his blessed word. TO the third article I answer, That I do believe that this church of England, using the faith and religion which is now used, is no part or member of the aforesaid catholic church, but is the church of Antichrist, the bishop of Rome being the 〈…〉 thereof: for it is plain, that they have altered the testament of God, and set up a testament of their own devising, full of blasphemy and lies: for Christ's testament is, that he would have all things done to the edifying of the people, as it appea••• when he taught them to pray, Matth. vi. and 〈…〉 it appeareth by St. Paul, 1 Cor. xiv. for he 〈…〉 that "He that prophesieth, speaketh unto me• for their edifying, for their exhortation, and for their comfort; he that speaketh with the tongue, pro•• eth himself; he that prophesieth, edifieth the c•• gregation." ALSO he saith, "Even so likewise when you 〈…〉 with tongues, except you speak words that have signification, how shall it be understood what is spoken▪ for you shall but speak in the air, that is as much as to say, in vain. Also he saith, Thou verily given thanks well, but the other is not edified. I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than you all▪ yet I had rather in the congregation to speak 〈…〉 words with understanding, to the information of others, than ten thousand words with the tongue. Also he saith, let all things be done to edification." ALSO it is written in the xlvi. Psalm "For God is king of all the earth: O sing praises unto him with understanding," &c. So it doth appear that this church of England, now used. is not built up•• Christ, if St. Paul's words be true, and also the Psalms; therefore this church is not built upon the prophets, apostles, nor Christ, as I have before declared.
TO the fourth article I answer, and I do believe (as I said before), That the mass now used in this ⟨p. 733⟩realm of England, is naught, and abominable idolatry and blasphemy against God's holy word; for Christ in his holy supper instituted the sacrament of bread and wine to be eaten together in remembrance of his death till he come, and not to have them worshipped, and make an idol of them: for God will not be worshipped in his creatures, but we ought to give him praise for his creatures, which he hath created for us. For he saith in the second commandment, "Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them." So it appeareth by this commandment, that we ought not to worship the sacrament of bread and wine, for it is plain idolatry; for he saith, No similitude; therefore, Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them. I pray you what do you call kneeling down, holding up the hands, knocking of the breast, putting off the cap, and making courtesy, with other like superstition▪ You would make men to be so blind as to think that this is no worshipping. PERADVENTURE you will object and say, You do not worship the bread and wine, but Christ's body, which was born of the virgin Mary, contained under the forms of bread and wine. But that is a very lie, for Christ's body which was born of the virgin Mary is in heaven, if St. Paul's words be true, as undoubtedly they are: for he saith in Heb. x. "But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, is set down for ever on the right hand of God, and from henceforth tarrieth till his foes be made his footstool." ALSO in chap. ix. he saith, "For Christ is not entered into holy places made with hands, which are similitudes of true things, but he is entered into very heaven, to appear now in the sight of God for us," &c. Also Phil. iii. "But our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for the Saviour, even the Lord Jesus Christ," &c. 1 Thess i. "For they themselves shew of you, what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from images to serve the living God, and to look for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus which delivered us from the wrath to come," &c. Also, John xvi. "I went out from the Father, and came into the world."
Again, "I leave the world, and go to the Father," &c. John xvii. "Now I am not in the world, and they are in the world, and I come to thee." All these places of scripture, with many more, plainly prove to them that have ears to hear, that Christ's body which was born of the virgin Mary is in heaven, and not in the sacramental bread and wine; and therefore it is idolatry to worship them, &c. TO the fifth article I answer, That I do believe (as I said before) that auricular confession is not good as it is now used. Touching my sins wherein I have offended God, I must seek to him for remission thereof, for our Saviour saith, in the xi. of St. Matt. "Come unto me all ye that labour and are laden, I will ease you," &c. The prodigal son, Luke xv. saith, "I will arise and go to my Father, and I will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son," &c. Psal. xxxi. "I said I will acknowledge mine offences, and accuse myself unto the Lord, and so thou forgivest the iniquity of my sin," &c. Job xiii. "But I will reprove mine own ways in his sight: he shall make me whole, and there may no hypocrite come before him." Syrach xxxiv. "Who can be cleansed of the▪ unclean?" And there were but one of the ten lepers that were cleansed, that came to Christ to give him thanks. He asked for the other nine. But if I have offended my neighbour, I must reconcile myself to him; and if I be a notorious sinner, after the first and second admonition, it ought to be declared to the congregation, and the minister of the congregation hath power by the word to excommunicate me, and I am to be taken as an heathen person, not for a day, or for forty days, but until such time as I do openly in the congregation acknowledge my fault, and then the minister hath power by the word to preach to me, or them, the remission of our sins in the blood of Jesus Christ, as it is written in the xiiith of the Acts of the Apostles, and Matthew xviii. I know no more of any other confession. TO the sixth article, I the said John Denley have answered in the fifth. TO the seventh article I answer, that as touching the sacrament of baptism, which is the christening of ⟨p. 734⟩children, it is altered and changed, for St.
