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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
As for example,1 when the Turk saith, that he believeth in one living God that made heaven & earth, his belief therein is true, yet it justifieth him not, because it lacketh the right object, which is Christ. So when the Jew saith that he believeth in one God maker of heaven and earth,2 and believeth also the same God to be omnipotent, merciful, just, and true of promise, and that he hath elected the seed of Abraham: true it is that he believeth, and yet all this serveth him not, because Christ the Son of God is not joined to all.3 And though the said Jew should be never so devout in his prayers, or charitable in alms, or precise in keeping the law, & believed never so steadfastly that he is elect to be saved: yet he is never the nearer to salvation for all this, so long as his faith is not grounded upon y• head cornerstone, which is the person and body of Christ Jesus the true Saviour. After like sort, it may be said of the Papist, when he saith that he is Baptised, and believeth in the Father, the Son, and the holy Ghost, three persons and one God, and also confesseth Jesus Christ to be the Son of God, which died for our sins, and rose again for our righteousness. &c. his belief therein is true, & indeed would save him, if he did stay his salvation in this faith, and upon Christ his Saviour, Only. according to the promise and grace of God, and go no farther. But that he doth not: for neither doth he admit Christ only to be his perfect Saviour without the help of the patrons, heads, advocates, and mediators, nor yet permitteth his faith in Christ, Only to be the means of his justification, but setteth up other by means, as hope, charity, sacrifice of the Mass, confession, penance, satisfaction, merits, and pardons, supposing thereby to work his justification before God, contrary to the word of promise, to the Gospel of grace, & to the doctrine of S. Paul whereof we shall see more (the Lord willing) hereafter,
As for example,1 when the Turke sayth, that he beleeueth in one liuyng God that made heauen & earth, his beliefe therin is true, yet it iustifieth him not, because it lacketh the right obiect, which is Christ. So when the Iewe saith that he beleeueth in one God maker of heauen and earth,