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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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BUT the bishop of Gloucester interrupting his answer; proceeded, saying: I went not about to recite any places of scripture in that place of my book, for then if I had not recited it faithfully, you might have had just occasion of reprehension: but I only in that place formed an argument a major, in this sense; that if in the old law the priests had power to decide matters of controversy, much more then ought the authority to be given to the clergy in the new law: and I pray you, in this point what ava••eth there rehearsal, According to the law of God?
BUT the bishop of Gloucester interrupting his answer; proceeded, saying: I went not about to recite any places of scripture in that place of my book, for then if I had not recited it faithfully, you might have had just occasion of reprehension: but I only in that place formed an argument a majore, in this sense; that if in the old law the priests had power to decide matters of controversy, much more then ought the authority to be given to the clergy in the new law: and I pray you, in this point what ava••eth there rehearsal, According to the law of God?
LATIMER. Yes, my lord, very much. For I acknowledge authority to be given to the spirituality to decide matters of religion, and as my lord said even now, to rule; but they must do it according to the word and law of God, and not after their own imaginations and fancies.
THE bishop of Gloucester would have spoke more, saving that the bishop of Lincoln said, that they came not to dispute with Mr. Latimer, but to take his determinate answers to their articles, and so began to propose the same articles which were proposed to Dr. Ridley. But Mr. Latimer interrupted him speaking to the bishop of Gloucester: Well, my lord, I could wish more faithful dealing with God's word, and not o leave out a part, and snatch a part here and another there, but to rehearse the whole faithfully.