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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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THIS sentence being published by the bishop of Lincoln, Dr. Ridley was committed as a prisoner to the mayor, and immediately Mr. Latimer was sent for: but in the mean time the carp•• or cloth which lay on the table whereat Dr Ridley stood, was removed, because (as men reported) Mr. Latimer had never the degree of a doctor, as Dr. Ridley had. But as soon as Mr. Latimer appeared, •• he did the day before, perceiving no cloth upon the table, he laid his […], which was an ••d felt, under his elbows, and immediately spake to the commissioner•, saying:
THIS sentence being published by the bishop of Lincoln, Dr. Ridley was committed as a personer to the mayor, and immediately Mr. Latimer was sent for: but in the mean time the carp•• or cloth which lay on the table whereat Dr Ridley stood, was removed, because (as men reported) Mr. Latimer had never the degree of a doctor, as Dr. Ridley had. But as soon as Mr. Latimer appeared, •• he did the day before, perceiving no cloth upon the table, he laid his 〈…〉, which was an ••d felt, under his elbows, and immediately spake to the commissioner•, saying:
LATIMER. My lords, I beseech your lordships to set a better order here at your entrance▪ for I am an old man, and have a very sore back, so that the press of the multitude doth me much harm.
LINCOLN. I am sorry, Mr. Latimer, for your hurt. At your departure we will see to better order.
WITH that Mr. Latimer thanked his lordship, making a very low courtesy. After this the bishop of Lincoln began in this manner.
MR. LATIMER, although yesterday, after […] had taken your answers to those articles which we proposed, we might have justly proceeded to judgment against you, especially in that you required the same; yet we having a good hope of your returning, desiring not your destruction, but rather that you would recant, revoke your errors, and turn to the catholic church, deferred farther process till this day; and now according to the appointment, we have called you here before us, to hear whether you are content to revoke your heretical assertions, and submit yourself to the determination of the church, as we most heartily desire, and I for my part, as I did yesterday, most earnestly do exhort you, or to know whether you persevere still the man that you were, for which we would be sorry.
MR. LATIMER, although yesterday, after 〈…〉 had taken your answers to those articles which we proposed, we might have justly proceeded to judgment against you, especially in that you required the same; yet we having a good hope of your returning, desiring not your destruction, but rather that you would recant, revoke your errors, and turn to the catholic church, deferred farther process till this day; and now according to the appointment, we have called you here before us, to hear whether you are content to revoke your heretical assertions, and submit yourself to the determination of the church, as we most heartily desire, and I for my part, as I did yesterday, most earnestly do exhort you, or to know whether you persevere still the man that you were, for which we would be sorry.
IT seemed that the bishop would have further proceeded, if Mr. Latimer had not interrupted him by saying:
YOUR lordship doth often repeat the catholic church, as though I should deny the same. No, my lord, I confess there is a catholic church, to the determination of which I will stand, but not the church which you call catholic, which ought rather to be termed diabolic. And whereas you join together the Romish and catholic church, stay there, I pray you. For it is one thing to say the Romish church, and another thing to say catholic church: I must use here in this mine answer the counsel of Cyprian, who when cited before certain bishops that gave him leave to take deliberation and counsel, to try and examine his opinion, he answereth them thus: In sticking and persevering in the truth, there must no counsel or deliberation be taken. And again, being demanded of them sitting in judgment, which was most like to be of the church of Christ, whether he who was persecuted, or they who did persecute? Christ, said he, hath foreshowed, that he that doth follow him, must take up his cross. Christ gave knowledge that his disciples should have persecution and trouble. How think you then, my lords, is it like that the see of Rome, which hath been a continual persecutor, is rather the church, or that small flock which hath continually been persecuted by it, even to death? Also the flock of Christ hath been but few in comparison to the residue, and ever in subjection: which he proved, beginning at Noah's time, even to the apostles.
YOUR lordship doth often repeat the catholic church, as though I should deny the same. No, my lord, I confess there is a catholic church, to the determination of which I will stand, but not the church which you call catholic, which ought rather to be termed diabolic. And whereas you join together the Romish and catholic church, stay there, I pray you. For it is one thing to say the Romish church, and another thing to say catholic church: I must use here in this mine answer the counsel of Cyprian, who when cited before certain bishops that gave him leave to take deliberation and counsel, to try and examine his opinion, he answereth them thus: In sticking and persevering in the truth, there must no counsel or deliberation be taken. And again, being demanded of them sitting in judgment, which was most like to be of the church of Christ, whether he who was persecuted, or they who did persecute? Christ, said he, hath foreshewed, that he that doth follow him, must take up his cross. Christ gave knowledge that his disciples should have persecution and trouble. How think you then, my lords, is it like that the see of Rome, which hath been a continual persecutor, is rather the church, or that small flock which hath continually been persecuted by it, even to death? Also the flock of Christ hath been but few in comparison to the residue, and ever in subjection: which he proved, beginning at Noah's time, even to the apostles.
LINCOLN. Your cause and Cyprian's is not one, but clean contrary; for he suffered persecution for the sake of Christ and his gospel; but you are in trouble for your error and false assertions, contrary to the word of God, and the received truth of the church.
LINCOLN. Your cause and Cyprian's is not one, but clean contrary; for he suffered persecution for the sake of Christ and his gospel; but you are in trouble for your errore and false assertions, contrary to the word of God, and the received truth of the church.
MR. LATIMER interrupted him, saying, Yes, verily, my cause is as good as St Cyprian's: for his was for the word of God, and so is mine.
LINCOLN. Also at the beginning and foundation of the church, it could not be but that the apostles should suffer great persecution. Further, before Christ's coming, continually there were very few which truly served God: but after his coming began the time of grace, then began the church to increase, and was continually augmented, until it came unto this perfection, and now hath justly that jurisdiction which the unchristian princes before by tyranny did resist▪ there is a diverse consideration of the state of the church now in the time of grace, and before Christ's coming. But, Mr. Latimer, although we had instructions given us determinately to take your answer to such articles as we should propose, without any reasoning or disputations, yet we hoping by talk somewhat to prevail with you, appointed you to appear before us in the divinity-school, a place for disputations. And whereas then notwithstanding you had license to speak your mind, and were answered to every matter, yet you could not be brought from your errors; we thinking that from that time you would with good conversation ponder your state, gave you a respite from that time yesterday, when we dismissed you, until this time, and now have called you again here in this place, by your answers to learn whether you are the same man you were then or no? Therefore we will propose unto you the same articles which we did then, and require of you a determinate answer, without further reasoning, and he immediately recited the first article.
LATIMER. Always my protestation saved, that by these […] answers it should not be thought that I did condescend and agree to your lordship's authority, in that you are legated by authority of the pope, so that thereby I might seem to consent to his jurisdiction: to the first article I answer now as I did yesterday, that in the sacrament the worthy receiver receiveth the very body of Christ, and drinketh his blood by the spirit and grace. But after a corporal being, which the Romish church prescribeth Christ's body and blood is not in the sacrament under the forms of bread and wine.
LATIMER. Always my protestation saved, that by these 〈…〉 answers it should not be thought that I did condescend and agree to your lordship's authority, in that you are legated by authority of the pope, so that thereby I might seem to consent to his jurisdiction: to the first article I answer now as I did yesterday, that in the sacrament the worthy receiver receiveth the very body of Christ, and drinketh his blood by the spirit and grace. But after a corporal being, which the Romish church prescribeth Christ's body and blood is not in the sacrament under the forms of bread and wine.
THE notaries took his answer affirmatively. For the second article he referred himself to his answers made before.
AFTER this the bishop of Lincoln recited the third article, and required a determinate answer.
LATIMER. Christ made one oblation and sacrifice for the sins of the world, and that a perfect sacrifice; ⟨p. 901⟩neither needeth there to be any other, neither can there be any other propitiatory sacrifice.
