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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. 2, part 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. 2, part 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 that preacheth that works do merit, or be any mean to our salvation, or any part of our justification preacheth a doctrine of the devil.1
He that preacheth that workes doe merite, or be any meane to our saluation, or any part of our iustificatiō preacheth a doctrine of the deuill.1
- 1Ou• works merit nothing to salvation.Ou• workes merite nothing to saluation.
If any thing else save only Christ, be any mean towards our justification, then did not Christ only justify us.
If any thing els saue onely Christ, be any meane towards our iustificatiō, then did not Christ only iustify vs.
I say that thy good works, nor any thing that thou canst do, can be one jot or title towards thy justification. For if they be, then is not Christ a full justifier, and that I will prove hy a familiar example. Be it in case that I have .2. servants, the one is called John, and the other Robert, & I promise to send you such a day xx.l. by John my servant and at my day I send you by John my servant xix.l.xix. s. xi. d. ob. q. and there lacketh but one farthing, which Robert doth bring thee, and so thou hast thy xx.l. every penny and farthing. Yet will I ask if I be true of my promise, or no, and thou mayst say nay. And why? because I promised to send thee that whole, xx. pound by John and did not, for there lacked a farthing, which Robert brought. Wherefore I say, if thy works do merit or bring one little jot or title toward thy justification, then is Christ false of his promise, which said that he would do altogether.