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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. Where you allege St. John, "Except a man be born," &c. and will thereby prove the water to save, and so the deed or work to save and put away sins, I will send you to St. Paul, who asketh of the Galatians, "Whether they received the Spirit by the deeds of the law, or by the preaching of faith?" and there concludeth, that the Holy Ghost accompanieth the preaching of faith, and with the word of faith entereth into the heart. So now if baptism preach to me the washing in Christ's blood so doth the Holy Ghost accompany it, and it is unto me as a preacher and not a Saviour. And where you say, I hinder the children to come unto Christ, it is manifest by our Saviour's words that you hinder them to come, that will not suffer them to come unto him without the necessity of water. For he saith, Suffer them to come unto me, and not unto the water; and therefore if you condemn them, you condemn both the merits and words of Christ. For our Saviour saith, "Except ye turn and become as children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of God." And so I brought out many other examples, to make manifest that Christ hath cleansed original sin, bringing in examples out of the scriptures for the same.
Smith. Where you alledge St. John, "Except a man be born," &c. and will thereby prove the water to save, and so the deed or work to save and put away sins, I will send you to St. Paul, who asketh of the Galatians, "Whether they received the Spirit by the deeds of the law, or by the preaching of faith?" and there concludeth, that the Holy Ghost accompanieth the preaching of faith, and with the word of faith entereth into the heart. So now if baptism preach to me the washing in Christ's blood so doth the Holy Ghost accompany it, and it is unto me as a preacher and not a Saviour. And where you say, I hinder the children to come unto Christ, it is manifest by our Saviour's words that you hinder them to come, that will not suffer them to come unto him without the necessity of water. For he saith, Suffer them to come unto me, and not unto the water; and therefore if you condemn them, you condemn both the merits and words of Christ. For our Saviour saith, "Except ye turn and become as children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of God." And so I brought out many other examples, to make manifest that Christ hath cleansed original sin, bringing in examples out of the scriptures for the same.