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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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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.
AND when at last the bishop began to read the sentence, first exhorting him with many words to revoke his professed opinion, (which they called damnable and heretical) he notwithstanding resisted all their persuasions, answering the bishop again in this manner: I will not, said he, forsake mine opinions, except you, my lord, can refute them by scriptures; and I care not for your divinity; for you condemn all men, and prove nothing against them. And after many fair words of exhortation, which Bonner then used, to convert, or rather pervert him, he answered boldly again, saying moreover, That the church whereof the pope is supreme head, is no part of Christ's catholic church; and adding thereunto, and pointing to the bishop, spake to the people, saying, Good people beware of him, and such as he is, for these be the people that deceive you, &c.
THESE and many other words he spake▪ whereupon the bishop, reading the sentence of condemnation, gave him to the secular power.