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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 › ANSWERS to the foregoing ARTICLES.
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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,