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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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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.
One Scripture I will bring you (which they can not writhe) to proue that Christ was onely promised to be our onely Iustifier, our onely meane, and that is in the xxij. of Genesis, where it is written: In thy seede shall all people bee blessed, meaning therby onely Christ: and he said not in thy seedes, nor in the workes of thy seedes. Wherfore all they that preach, that workes be any part or meane toward our iustification, do make God false of his promise.
They that preach that works do merit, do make works the tree, which are but the fruits of justice, wrought by him that is already a just man, which can not choose but bring forth good fruit.
They that preach that works do merit, do make works the tree, which are but the fruits of iustice, wrought by him that is already a iust man, which can not chuse but brynge forth good fruit.
I would ask a question, whether he that worketh be a good man,1 or bad, for he must be one of them. If he be a good man, he can not choose but bring forth good fruits: if he be an ill man, he can bring forth no fruit, but ill fruit, for a good tree cannot bring forth ill fruit.