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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 › Examination upon the said ARTICLES.
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RIDLEY. That is some part the fourth was true, and in some part false; true, in that his assertions were condemned as heresies, although unjustly; false, in that it was said, they were condemned Scientia Scholastica, in that the disputations were in such sort ordered, that it was far from any school act.
THIS answer being penned by the notaries, the bishop of Lincoln rehearsed the fifth article. To which Dr. Ridley answered:
RIDLEY. That the premises were in such sort ⟨p. 890⟩true, as in these answers he had declared. Whether that all men spake evil of them, he knew not, in that he came not so much abroad to hear what every man reported. WHEN this answer also was taken by the notaries, the bishop of Lincoln said:
LINCOLN. To-morrow, at eight o'clock, you shall appear before us in St. Mary's church, and then because we cannot well agree upon your answer to the first article (for it was long before he was understood) if it will please you to write your answer, you shall have pen, ink, paper, and books, such as you shall require; but if you write any thing more than your answers to these articles, we will not receive it: so he charging the mayor with him, declaring also to the mayor, that he should suffer him to have a pen and ink, dismissed Dr. Ridley, and sent for Mr. Latimer, who being brought to the divinity-school, there tarried till they called for him.