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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 › An Account of GEORGE TANKERFIELD, Martyr.
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TO these articles he answered again, constantly declaring his mind concerning auricular confession, ⟨p. 743⟩and also the sacrament of the popish altar, and likewise the mass, &c. First, that he has not confessed to any priest five years past, nor to any other, but only to God: and further denying that he would hereafter be confessed to any priest, for that he found it not in Christ's book, and took it only to be a counsel.
TO these articles he answered again, constantly declaring his mind concerning au•icular confession, ⟨p. 743⟩and also the sacrament of the popish altar, and likewise the mass, &c. First, that he has not confessed to any priest five years past, nor to any other, but only to God: and further denying that he would hereafter be confessed to any priest, for that he found it not in Christ's book, and took it only to be a counsel.
AND concerning the sacrament, commonly called the sacrament of the altar, he confessed, that he neither had nor did believe, that in the sacrament there is the real body and blood of Christ, because the body is ascended into heaven, and there doth sit at the right hand of God the Father.
AND moreover he said, that the mass now used in the church of England was naught, and full of idolatry and abomination, and against the word of God; affirming also, that there are but two sacraments in the church of Christ, baptism and the supper of the Lord, &c. And to these assertions he said he would stand; and so he did to the end.