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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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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.
I say that thy good woorkes, nor any thing that thou canst do, can be one iot or title towards thy iustificatiō. For if they be, then is not Christ a full iustifier, and that I will proue hy a familier example. Be it in case that I haue .2. seruantes, the one is called Iohn, and the other Robert, & I promise to send you such a day xx.l. by Iohn my seruant and at my day I send you by Iohn my seruant 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. euery penye and farthing. Yet will I aske 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 Iohn and did not, for there lacked a farthing, which Robert brought. Wherefore I say, if thy workes do merite or bring one litle iot or title toward thy iustification, then is Christ false of his promise, which sayd that he would do altogether.
One Scripture I will bring you (which they can not writhe) to prove that Christ was only promised to be our only Justifier, our only mean, and that is in the xxij. of Genesis, where it is written: In thy seed shall all people be blessed, meaning thereby only Christ: and he said not in thy seeds, nor in the works of thy seeds. Wherefore all they that preach, that works be any part or mean toward our justification, do make God false of his promise.