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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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I would have vice exposed, but I would not have light put for darkness, nor darkness for light; nor that good should be called evil, and evil good, sweet bitter, and bitter sweet. If this should be, then each in his turn would devour one another. But I need urge this no farther, the thing itself appears so plain, we know your designs, and what notice has been taken of them. Alas! alas! Latimer, what madness urged you to preach, or lie, saying, There are more thieves than shepherds, more goats than sheep? St. Cyprian said otherwise, Let God be true, and every man a liar, the greater number of christians is still best, more are those who keep the faith entire than those the devil has seduced: you also cry out against those things which the church hath in the highest reverence, […] have been brought in by those who have suffered for the name of Christ. For you say, any man who like Peter did confess Christ to be the Son of the living God, has as much power as Peter, and that the church there mentioned signifies any congregation; so that Peter was no more Christ's supreme vicar on earth than any other christian. St. Origen says, we are like Peter, if we make the same confession as he did, namely, Thou art the Son of the living God, not by flesh and blood revealed unto us, but by the Father who is in heaven illuminating our minds; shall we say that these words are of as great force as those spoke to Peter himself? No, no. For after the name of Christ all his faithful servants are called, as says the prophet, that he might save his Christs, and again, Touch not my Christs. The word• here used differ from those which only signify anointed. ⟨p. 848⟩Erasmus (whom you follow and imitate in many things) in his annotations on the 16th chapter of St. Matthew, upon these words, Thou art Peter, &c. says very justly, that he was the first Roman pontiff and head of the christian faith. But if, like you, we should say this of all christians equally with Peter, we should fall into that error of Luther, that all christians are priests, and that after ordination they have no more power than before, that only licensing them to exercise i•. But this has been condemned by the church a great while ago.
I would have vice exposed, but I would not have light put for darkness, nor darkness for light; nor that good should be called evil, and evil good, sweet bitter, and bitter sweet. If this should be, then each in his turn would devour one another. But I need urge this no farther, the thing itself appears so plain, we know your designs, and what notice has been taken of them. Alas! alas! Latimer, what madness urged you to preach, or lie, saying, There are more thieves than shepherds, more goats than sheep? St. Cyprian said otherwise, Let God be true, and every man a liar, the greater number of christians is still best, more are those who keep the faith entire than those the devil has seduced: you also cry out against those things which the church hath in the highest reverence, have been brought in by those who have suffered for the name of Christ. For you say, any man who like Peter did confess Christ to be the Son of the living God, has as much power as Peter, and that the church there mentioned signifies any congregation; so that Peter was no more Christ's supreme vicar on earth than any other christian. St. Origen says, we are like Peter, if we make the same confession as he did, namely, Thou art the Son of the living God, not by flesh and blood revealed unto us, but by the Father who is in heaven illuminating our minds; shall we say that these words are of as great force as those spoke to Peter himself? No, no. For after the name of Christ all his faithful servants are called, as says the prophet, that he might save his Christs, and again, Touch not my Christs. The word here used differ from those which only signify anointed.