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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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10. Item, the doctrine of S. Paul perpending the high glory of a Christen mans state in Christ Jesus by faith, first setteth him in a perfect peace with almighty God.1 Rom. 5. Secondly exempteth him from all condemnation. Rom. 8. Thirdly it matcheth him with angels, it equalleth him with Saints and fellow citizens of heaven, it nun beareth him with the household of God,2 and inheriteth him with Jesus Christ himself. Ephes. 2. Fourthly it adopteth him from the state of a servant, to the state of the Son of God, crying Abba father. Gal. 4. Fifthly, it openeth to him a bold access and entrance to the high majesty and throne of grace,3 Ephes. 2. Heb. 4. Sixthly, it subjecteth all things under him: as ministers, yea, the Apostles themselves in their hiest office, death, life, things present, things to come, with the whole world besides, and assigneth him no spiritual head, but only Christ, saying. And you are Christs, 4and Christ is Gods. 1. Cor. 3. Seventhly, it advanceth and setteth him in a spiritual liberty or freedom, above all terrors of spirit, rising either of Gods law or mans law, above all dreadful fears of sin, damnation, malediction, rejection, death, hell, or purgatory: above all servile bondage of ceremonies, mens precepts, traditions, superstitious uses, yokes, customs, or what else soever oppresseth and entangleth the spiritual freedom of a conscience with Christ hath set at liberty: And requireth moreover that we walk and stand stout in that liberty with the free son of Sarah, whereto we are brought, and not suffer our selves any more to be clogged with any such servile bondage: that is to mean, although we must be content to subject our bodies to all service & to all men, yet that we yield not our spiritual consciences