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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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YOU find fault because we say that Christ went up into the mount only with a few disciples, the multitude, the scribes and pharisees not being worthy to hear that divine sermon; you have subjoined (not much like a christian, I think) that a christian man who hath any carnal desires, is no more a christian than a Jew or a Turk, this seems to me not like a christian, but Oecolampadian—
[Some things are here wanting, which perhaps may be supplied from Mr. Latimer's answer.]
THIS was needful to bring back the Germans to the beneficial confession of Peter; what it is you here drive at I do not know; is it his supremacy, truly every catholic is obliged to defend it with all his strength; had not Peter the supremacy, the words of Christ are of no effect, (I give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven, &c) if there is no need to defend the supremacy of Peter, there is no need to defend the truth, for which every one ought to contend even to death. I cannot think the Germans can be brought to a beneficial confession of Peter without acknowledging his supremacy; is Christ the Son of the living God? The Son of God is truth, but Christ is not truth if Peter ha• no supremacy. What a foul fall is here, for no advantage can come from the confession of Christ to that man who will not preserve and defend the apostolic chair with all his might: you say this is one of the most bare-faced lies, that Christ was in the mountain only with a few disciples. Origen, the most accurate interpreter of scripture, in his sermon on the fifth of St. Matthew, says plainly as I say, Jesus went down from the mountain, and there followed many multitudes; the disciples were with him in the mount, for to them it was given to know the secrets of his heavenly doctrine, the knowledge of salvation, which makes the heart of the most brutish to rejoice; they were to spread abroad the light of truth, to enlighten the eyes of those blinded with the thick darkness of worldly delight, whence it was our Lord said to them, Ye are the salt of the earth, ye are the light of the world: but now descending from the mount, the multitudes followed him; into the mountain none were able to ascend to hear those sublime mysteries, but those who had cast away the burden of all worldly delights. Thus you hear how Origen approves of mine and not of your interpretation.