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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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AFTER this the bishop of Lincoln began the examination in the following manner.
LINCOLN. Mr. Ridley, yesterday we took your answer to certain articles, which we then proposed unto you: but because we could not be thoroughly satisfied with your answer then to the first article, neither could the notaries take any determinate answer of you, we (you requiring the same) granted you license to bring your answer in writing, and thereupon commanded the mayor that you should have pen, paper, and ink, yea, any books also that you would require, if they were to be gotten; we licensed you then also to alter your former answers this day at your pleasure: therefore we are now come hither, to see whether you are in the same mind now, that you were yesterday (which we would not wish) or contrary, contented to revoke all your former assertions, and in all points consent to submit yourself to the determination of the universal church, and I for my part most earnestly exhort you, (and therewith he put off his cap) not because my conscience pricketh me, as you said yesterday, but because I see you a rotten member, and in the way of perdition.
YESTERDAY I brought forth amongst others, St. Augustine, to prove that authority hath always been given to the see of Rome, and you wrested the words far contrary to St. Augustine's meaning, in that you would have all the world to be applied only to Europe, which is but a third part of all the world, whereas indeed the process of St. Augustine's words will not admit of your interpretation. For he saith not, All the christian countries beyond the ⟨p. 896⟩seas, &c. but first, All the christian countries are subject to the see of Rome, afterwards addeth, Beyond the sea, but only to augment the dominion of the see of Rome.