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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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I read in Scripture of two certifications: one to the Romanes: Justificati ex fide pacem habemus. i. We being justified by faith have peace with God.
I read in Scripture of two certifications: one to the Romanes: Iustificati ex fide pacem habemus. i. We being iustified by fayth haue peace with God.
If I see the blood of Christ with the eye of my soul, that is true faith that his blood was shed for me. &c.
If I see the bloud of Christe with the eye of my soule, that is true fayth that his bloud was shed for me. &c.
An other in the Epistle of John: Nos scimus quod translati sumus de morte ad vitam, quoniam diligimus fratres. i. We know that we are translated from death to life, because we love the brethren. But I read not that I have peace with GOD, or that I am translated from death to life, because I see with my bodily eye the blood of Hails. It is very probable that all the blood that was in the body of Christ,1 was united and knit to his Divinity, and then no part thereof shall return to his corruption. And I marvel that Christ shall have two resurrections. And if it were, that they that did violently and injuriously pluck it out of his body when they scourged him and nailed him to the Cross, did see it with their bodily eye, yet they were not in clean life. And we see the self same blood in form of wine, when we have consecrate, and may both see it, feel it, and receive it to our damnation as touching bodily receiving. And many do see it at Ha•les without confession, as they say God knoweth all, and the Devil in our time is not dead.