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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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For seeing there is no pain that can break my charity, break my patience, cause me to dishonour God, to displease God, to be displeased with God, cause me not to joy in God, nor that can bring me to danger of death, or to danger of desperation, or from surety of salvation, that can separate me from Christ, or Christ from me,1 I care the less for it. John Chrysostom saith, that the greatest pain that damned souls have, is to be separate and cut of from Christ for ever: which pain he saith is greater then many hells: which pains the souls in Purgatory neither have nor can have.
For seing there is no payne that can break my charity, break my pacience, cause me to dishonour God, to displease God, to be displeased with God, cause me not to ioy in God, nor that canne bring me to daunger of death, or to daunger of desperation, or from surety of saluation, that canne separate me from Christ, or Christ from me,1 I care the lesse for it. Iohn Chrisostom sayth, that the greatest payne that damned soules haue, is to be separate and cut of from Christ for euer: which payne he sayth is greater then many helles: which paynes the soules in Purgatory neither haue nor can haue.
- 1Chrisost. What is the greatest pain to damned s••les. Provision of Purgatory bringeth many to hell.Chrisost. What is the greatest payne to damned s••les. Prouision of Purgatory bringeth many to hell.
Consider M. Morris, whether provision for Purgatory hath not brought thousands to hell. Debts have not been paid: restitution of evil gotten lands & goods hath not been made: christen people (whose necessities we see, to whom whatsoever we do, Christ reputeth done to himself, to whom we are bounden under pain of damnation to do for, as we would be done for our self) are neglect and suffered to perish: last wills unfulfilled and broken: Gods ordinance set aside: and also for Purgatory, foundations have been taken for sufficient satisfaction: so we have trifled away the ordinance of God, and restitutions. Thus we have gone to hell, with Masses, Diriges, and ringing of many a bell. And who can pull Pilgrimages from Idolatry, and purge Purgatory from Robbery, but he shall be in peril to come in suspicion of Heresy with them? so that they may pill with Pilgrimage, and spoil with Purgatory. And verily the abuse of them cannot be taken away, but great lucre and vantage shall fall away from them, which had lever have profit with abuse, then lack the same with use: and that is the wasp that doth sting them,