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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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Smith. I have answered that it is none of God's order nor a sacrament, but of man's own vain invention, and showed him the Lord's institution. ⟨p. 748⟩But when he was so earnest before the audience, declaring that we knew nothing, bringing out his Hoc est corpus meum to lay in my dish; I proved before the audience that it was a dead god, declaring the distinction appointed between two creatures of bread and wine, and that a body without blood hath no life. At which Harpsfield found himself much offended, and took the tale out of my lord's mouth, saying,
Smith. I have answered that it is none of God's order nor a sacrament, but of man's own vain invention, and shewed him the Lord's institution. ⟨p. 748⟩But when he was so earnest before the audience, declaring that we knew nothing, bringing out his Hoc est corpus meum to lay in my dish; I proved before the audience that it was a dead god, declaring the distinction appointed between two creatures of bread and wine, and that a body without blood hath no life. At which Harpsfield found himself much offended, and took the tale out of my lord's mouth, saying,
Harps. I will prove by the scriptures, that you blaspheme God in so saying: for it is given in two parts, because there are two things showed. •hat is to say, his body and his passion, as saith St. Paul: and therefore the bread is his body, and the wine the representation of his death and blood-shedding.
Harps. I will prove by the s•riptures, that you blaspheme God in so saying: for it is given in two parts, because there are two things shewed. •hat is to say, his body and his passion, as saith St. Paul: and therefore the bread is his body, and the wine the representation of his death and blood-shedding.