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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. "It is not (saith St. Peter) the washing away of the filth of the flesh, but in that a good conscience consenteth unto God." And to prove that water only bringeth not the Holy Ghost, it is written in Acts viii. that Simon received water, but would have received the Holy Ghost for money. Also, that the Holy Ghost hath come before baptism. Yea, and although your generation have set at nought the word of God, and like swine turned his wo••s upside down, yet must his church keep the sa•• in that order which he left them, which his church ••re not break; and to judge children damned […] be not baptized, it is wicked.
Smith. "It is not (saith St. Peter) the washing away of the filth of the flesh, but in that a good conscience consenteth unto God." And to prove that water only bringeth not the Holy Ghost, it is written in Acts viii. that Simon received water, but would have received the Holy Ghost for money. Also, that the Holy Ghost hath come before baptism. Yea, and although your generation have set at nou•ht the word of God, and like swine turned his wo••s upside down, yet must his church keep the sa•• in that order which he left them, which his church ••re not break; and to judge children damned 〈…〉 be not baptized, it is wicked.
[…]. By our lady, sir, but I believe that if my child die without water, he is damned.
〈…〉. By our lady, sir, but I believe that if my child die without water, he is damned.