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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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AND what is to liye in state of curates, but that he taught which said, Peter, lovest thou me? feed, feed, feed; which is now set aside, as though to love, were to do nothing else but to wear rings, mitres, and rochets, &c. And when they err in right living, how can the people but err in loving, which is now turned to piping, playing, and curious singing, which will not be reformed (I believe) unless by the strong hand of God. And I have both St. Augustine and St. Thomas, with divers others, that [law] is taken not only for ceremonies, but also for morals, where it is said, ye are not under the law, though your friends reprove the same. But they make no division in a christian congregation. And whereas both you and they would have a soberness in our preaching, I pray God send it unto us, whatsoever you mean by it. For I see well, whosoever will be happy▪ and busy with woe to you, he shall shortly after come before you.
AND what is to liye in state of curates, but that he taught which said, Peter, lovest thou me? feed, feed, feed; which is now set aside, as though to love, were to do nothing else but to wear rings, mitres, and rochets, &c. And when they err in right living, how can the people but err in loving, which is now turned to piping, playing, and curious singing, which will not be reformed (I believe) unless by the strong hand of God. And I have both St. Augustine and St. Thomas, with divers others, that [law] is taken not only for ceremonies, but also for morals, where it is said, ye are not under the law, though your freinds reprove the same. But they make no division in a christian congregation. And whereas both you and they would have a soberness in our preaching, I pray God send it unto us, whatsoever you mean by it. For I see well, whosoever will be happy▪ and busy with woe to you, he shall shortly after come before you.
AND where your friends think that I made a lie, when I said, that I have thought in times past that the pope had been lord of the world, though your friends are much better learned than I, yet I am sure that they know no• what either I think, o have thought better than I, according to that, No man