Review of Fox's Book of Martyrs, Volume 1 |
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... religion have been handed down to us with a care unparalleled and striking . Of all the ancient people , the Jews alone preserved the monuments of their religion , and to this very day , they bear testimony to its course and progress ...
... religion have been handed down to us with a care unparalleled and striking . Of all the ancient people , the Jews alone preserved the monuments of their religion , and to this very day , they bear testimony to its course and progress ...
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... religion but to persecute it . They tried to eradi- cate it in vain , and had they wished to make the scripture subservient to their purpose , is it not probable that they would have blotted out the crowd of miracles whereby the ...
... religion but to persecute it . They tried to eradi- cate it in vain , and had they wished to make the scripture subservient to their purpose , is it not probable that they would have blotted out the crowd of miracles whereby the ...
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... religion were attacked by erroneous specu- lators in theology , there were not wanting learned and able defenders of the apostolic faith , whose writings have been preserved in the church as a testimony of the doctrines received from ...
... religion were attacked by erroneous specu- lators in theology , there were not wanting learned and able defenders of the apostolic faith , whose writings have been preserved in the church as a testimony of the doctrines received from ...
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... religion , it is now time that we shew him how the reformed creed , or rather creeds , was first established in England . We shall confine our remarks principally to this country , because the facts we shall ad- duce will be easier of ...
... religion , it is now time that we shew him how the reformed creed , or rather creeds , was first established in England . We shall confine our remarks principally to this country , because the facts we shall ad- duce will be easier of ...
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... religion and correct the supposed errors of what they termed Popery . " 66 We have shewn that in the Catholic church ... religious opinions and prac- tices of his subjects were to be regulated by his sole will and pleasure . It was also ...
... religion and correct the supposed errors of what they termed Popery . " 66 We have shewn that in the Catholic church ... religious opinions and prac- tices of his subjects were to be regulated by his sole will and pleasure . It was also ...
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Page 149 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Page 134 - WHOSOEVER will be saved: before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith, which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
Page 323 - And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God...
Page 149 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city...
Page 149 - For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Page 134 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity ; Neither confounding the Persons : nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son : and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one : the glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal.
Page 134 - For the right faith is, that we believe and confess, That our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man; God of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and Man of the substance of his mother, born in the world...
Page 18 - Lord is salvation: even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things HARD TO BE UNDERSTOOD, WHICH THEY THAT ARE UNLEARNED AND UNSTABLE WREST, AS THEY DO ALSO THE OTHER SCRIPTURES. UNTO THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION.
Page 134 - Man of the substance of his mother, born in the world ; perfect God, and perfect man, of a reasonable soul, and human flesh subsisting; equal to the Fattier, as touching his Godhead ; and inferior to the Father, as touching his manhood.
Page 150 - Whilst Alypius, assisted by the governor of the province, urged, with vigour and diligence, the execution of the work, horrible balls of fire breaking out near the foundations, with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to time, inaccessible to the scorched and blasted workmen; and the victorious element continuing in this manner obstinately and resolutely bent, as it were, to drive them to a distance, the undertaking was abandoned.