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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 12 › Letter › Our Lady was a sinner.
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Our Lady was a sinner.
SO they did belie me to have said, when I had said nothing so, but to reprove certain▪ both priests and beneficed men, which do give •o much to our lady, as though she had not been saved by Christ, a whole Saviour, both of her, and of all that be, or shall be saved; I did reason after this manner, that either she was a sinner, or no sinner; if a sinner, than she was delivered from sin by Christ; so that he saved her, either by delivering or preserving her from sin, so that without him, neither she, nor none other, either be, or could be saved. And to avoid all offence, I showed how it might be answered, both to certain scriptures, which maketh all generally sinners, and how it might be answered unto Chrysostom and Th•ophilact, which makes her namely and specially a sinner. But all would not serve, ⟨p. 843⟩their malice was so great; notwithstanding that five hundred honest men can and will bear record. When they cannot reprove that thing that I do say, then will they belie me, to say that thing which they can reprove; for they will needs appear to be against me.
SO they did belie me to have said, when I had said nothing so, but to reprove certain▪ both priests and beneficed men, which do give •o much to our lady, as though she had not been saved by Christ, a whole Saviour, both of her, and of all that be, or shall be saved; I did reason after this manner, that either she was a sinner, or no sinner; if a sinner, than she was delivered from sin by Christ; so that he saved her, either by delivering or preserving her from sin, so that without him, neither she, nor none other, either be, or could be saved. And to avoid all offence, I shewed how it might be answered, both to certain scriptures, which maketh all generally sinners, and how it might be answered unto Chrysostom and Thophilact, which makes her namely and specially a sinner. But all would not serve,