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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 2] 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 2] 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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Book 11 › Letters of M. Latimer. › Letter › No fire in hell.
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.
No fire in hell.
Who ever could say or think so? Howbeit good Authors do put a difference betwixt a suffering in the fire with bodies,1 and without bodies. The soul without the body is a spiritual substance, which they say can not receive a corporal quality, and some maketh it a spiritual fire: and some a corporal fire. And as it is called a fire, so is it called a Worm, and it is thought of some not to be a material Worm that is a living beast, but it is a metaphor, but that is neither to nor fro. For a fire it is, a worm it is, a pain it is, a torment it is, an anguish it is, a grief, a misery, a sorrow, a heaviness inexplicable, intolerable, whose nature and condition in every point who can tell, but he that is of Gods privy counsel▪ saith S. Austen? God give us grace rather to be diligent to keep us out of it, then to be curious to discuss the property of it: for certain we be, that there is little ease, yea none at all, but weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, which be two effects of extreme pain, rather certain tokens what pain there is, then what manner pain there is.
Who euer could say or thinke so? Howbeit good Authors do put a difference betwixt a suffering in the fire with bodyes,1 and without bodyes. The soule without the body is a spirituall substaunce, which they say can not receiue a corporall quality, and some maketh it a spirituall fire: and some a corporall fire. And as it is called a fire, so is it called a Worme, and it is thought of some not to be a materiall Worme that is a liuing beast, but it is a metaphor, but that is neither to nor fro. For a fire it is, a worme it is, a payne it is, a torment it is, an anguishe it is, a griefe, a misery, a sorow, a heauinesse inexplicable, intolerable, whose nature and condition in euery poynt who can tell, but he that is of Gods priuy counsell sayth S. Austen? God geue vs grace rather to be diligent to keepe vs out of it, then to be curious to discusse the property of it: for certayne we be, that there is litle ease, yea none at all, but weeping, wayling, and gnashing of teeth, whiche be two effectes of extreme payne, rather certayne tokens what payne there is, then what maner payne there is.