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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 › Bishop LATIMER appeareth before the Commissioners.
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The bishop proceeded, saying, FOR Christ spake expressly to Peter, saying, Feed my sheep, and rule my sheep, which word doth not only declare a certain ruling of Christ's ••ock, but includeth also a certain pre-eminence and government; and therefore is the king called a King from ruling: so that in saying, Rule, Christ declared a power which he gave to Peter, which jurisdiction and power Peter by hand delivered to Clement, and so in all ages it hath remained in the see of Rome. This, if you will confess with us, and acknowledge with all the realm your errors and false assertions, then will you do what we most desire, then shall we rest upon the first part of our commission, then shall we receive you, acknowledge you one of the church, and according to the authority given unto us, minister unto you, upon due repentance, the benefit of absolution, to which their majesties the king and queen were not ashamed to submit themselves, although they of themselves were unspotted, and needed no reconciliation: yet lest the putrefaction and rottenness of all the body might be noisome, and do damage to the head also, they (as I said) most humbly submitted themselves to my lord cardinal's grace, by him, as a legate to the pope's holiness, to be partakers of the reconciliation. But if you shall stubbornly persevere in your blindness, if you will not acknowledge your errors, if you as you stand alone, will be singular in your opinions, if by schism and heresy you will divide yourself from the church, then must we proceed to the second part of the commission, which we would be loth to do, that is, not to condemn you, for that we cannot do (that the temporal sword of the realm, and not we will do), but to separate you from us, acknowledge you to be none of us, to renounce you as no member of the church, to declare that you are the son of perdition, a lost child, and as you are a rotten member of the church, so to cut you off from the church, and so to commit you to the temporal judges, permitting them to proceed against you, according to the tenor of their laws. THEREFORE, Mr. Latimer, for God's love consider your estate, remember you are a learned man, you have taken degrees in the schools, borne the office of a bishop; remember you are an old man, spare your body, accelerate not your death, and especially remember your soul's health, and the peace of your conscience;
The bishop proceeded, saying, FOR Christ spake expressly to Peter, saying, Feed my sheep, and rule my sheep, which word doth not only declare a certain ruling of Christ's ••ock, but includeth also a certain pre-eminence and government; and therefore is the king called a King from ruling: so that in saying, Rule, Christ declared a power which he gave to Peter, which jurisdiction and power Peter by hand delivered to Clement, and so in all ages it hath remained in the see of Rome. This, if you will confess with us, and acknowledge with all the realm your errors and false assertions, then will you do what we most desire, then shall we rest upon the first part of our commission, then shall we receive you, acknowledge you one of the church, and according to the authority given unto us, minister unto you, upon due repentance, the benefit of absolution, to which their majesties the king and queen were not ashamed to submit themselves, although they of themselves were unspotted, and needed no reconciliation: yet lest the putrefaction and rottenness of all the body might be noisome, and do damage to the head also, they (as I said) most humbly submitted themselves to my lord chrdinal's grace, by him, as a legate to the pope's holiness, to be partakers of the reconciliation. But if you shall stubbornly persevere in your blindness, if you will not acknowledge your errors, if you as you stand alone, will be singular in your opinions, if by schism and heresy you will divide yourself from the church, then must we proceed to the second part of the commission, which we would be loth to do, that is, not to condemn you, for that we connot do (that the temporal sword of the realm, and not we will do), but to separate you from us, acknowledge you to be none of us, to renounce you as no member of the church, to declare that you are the son of perdition, a lost child, and as you are a rotten member of the church, so to cut you off from the church, and so to commit you to the temporal judges, permitting them to proceed against you, according to the tenor of their laws. THEREFORE, Mr. Latimer, for God's love consider your estate, remember you are a learned man, you have taken degrees in the schools, borne the office of a bishop; remember you are an old man, spare your body, accelerate not your death, and especially remember your soul's health, and the peace of your conscience;