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Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol.…
Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol. 1] with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland. Newly revised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time again published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the help of Christ our Lord) John Fox, which desireth thee good reader to help him with thy prayer.Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.
London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583
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He sendeth also an other letter to the foresaid Austen, 1wherein he warneth him not to be proud or puffed up, for the miracles wrought of God by him, in converting the people of England, but rather to fear and tremble, least so much as he were puffed up by the outward work of miracles, so much he should fall inwardly through the vain glory of his hart: and therefore wisely exhorteth him to repress the swelling glory of hart, with the remembrance of his sins rather against God, whereby he rather hath cause to lament, then to rejoice for the other. Not all the elect of God (saith he) worketh miracles, and yet have they their names written in the book of life. And therefore he should not count so much of those miracles done, but rejoice rather with the Disciples of Christ, & labour to have his name written in the book of life, where all the elect of God be contained, neither is there any end of that rejoicing. And whatsoever miracles it hath pleased god by him to have been done, he should remember they were not done for him: but for their conversion, whose salvation god sought thereby, &c.
He sendeth also an other letter to the foresaid Austen, 1wherein he warneth him not to be proude or puft vp, for the myracles wrought of God by him, in conuertyng the people of Englande, but rather to feare and tremble, least so much as he were puft vp by the outward work of miracles, so much he shoulde fall inwardly through the vayne glory of his hart: and therfore wisely exhorteth him to represse the swelling glory of hart, with the remembraunce of his sinnes rather against God, whereby he rather hath cause to lament, then to reioyce for the other. Not all the elect of God (saith he) worketh miracles, and yet haue they their names written in the booke of life. And therefore he shoulde not count so much of those miracles done, but reioyse rather with the Disciples of Christ, & labor to haue his name written in the booke of life, where al the electe of God be contained, neither is there any ende of that reioycing. And whatsoeuer miracles it hath pleased god by him to haue beene done, he shoulde remember they were not done for him: but for their conuersion, whose saluation god sought thereby, &c.
- 1A letter […] Gregory• Austen.