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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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NEXT unto him Robert Streater was called forth, who being asked, Whether he did […] the real presence of Christ in the sacrament of the altar, said, that he did not so believe; for you do maintain he••sy and idolatry (says he) in that ye• teach to worship a false god in the sacrament, enclosed in a box. It is you that are the malignant of the church▪ for in your church there are twenty things used against the law of God.
NEXT unto him Robert Streater was called forth, who being asked, Whether he did 〈…〉 the real presence of Christ in the sacrament of the altar, said, that he did not so believe; for you do maintain he••sy and idolatry (says he) in that ye• teach to worship a false god in the sacrament, enclosed in a box. It is you that are the malignant of the church▪ for in your church there are twenty things used against the law of God.
THE like objection was likewise made against Anthony Burward, who also said that their sacrament was made an idol.
AFTER him it was demanded of George Brodbridge what he said to those articles. Who answered, that he would not be confessed of a priest, because he could not forgive his own sins. And further said, that in the sacrament of the altar there is no real body of our Saviour Christ, but bread given in remembrance of him. Moreover, as for your holy bread, your holy water, and your mass, I do (says he) utterly deny them.