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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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THE church had also a true and sincere form and manner of the Lord's supper, wherein according to Jesus Christ's own ordinance and holy institution▪ Christ's commandments were executed and done. For upon the bread and wine set upon the Lord's table, thanks were given, the commemoration of the Lord's death was had; the bread, in the remembrance of Christ's body torn upon the cross▪ was broken, and the cup in the remembrance of Christ's blood shed▪ was distributed▪ and both communicated unto all that were present and would receive them, and also they were exhorted of the minister so to do.
ALL was done openly in the vulgar tongue, so that every thing might be must early heard, and plainly understood by all the people, to God's high glory, and the edification of the whole church. This church had of late the whole divine services, all common and public prayers ordained to be said and heard in the common congregation, not only framed and fashioned to the true vein of holy scripture, but also set forth according to the commandment of the Lord, and St. Paul's doctrine, for the people's edification, in their vulgar tongue.
IT had also holy and wholesome homilies in commendation of the principal virtues, which are ⟨p. 911⟩commended in scripture; and likewise other homilies against the most pernicious and capital vices that used (alas) to reign in this realm of England. This church had in matters of controversy, articles so penned and framed after the holy scriptures, and grounded upon the true understanding of God's word, that in short time if they had been universally received, they should have been able to have set in Christ's true religion, and to have expelled many false errors and heresies, wherewith this church, alas, was almost overgone.