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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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and likewise when I consider that all that man doth profess in his regeneration when he is received into the holy catholic church of Christ, and is now to be accounted for one of the lively members of Christs own body, all that is groū dead upon Gods holy word, and standeth in the profession of that faith, & obedience of those commandments which are all contained and comprised in Gods holy word: & furthermore when I consider whom our Saviour Christ pronounceth in his gospel to be blessed, and to whom Moses giveth his benedictions in the law, what ways the law, the Prophets, the Psalms, and all holy Scriptures both new and old doth declare to be the ways of the Lord, what is good for man to obtain and abide in Gods favour, which is that faith that justifieth before God, and what is that charity that doth pass and excel all, which be the properties of heavenly wisdom, and which is that undefiled religion, that is allowed of GOD, which things Christ himself called the weighty matters of the law, what thing is that which is only available in Christ, & what knowledge is that, that Paul esteemed so much, that he counted himself only to know, what shall be the manner of the extreme judgement of the latter day, who shall judge & by what he shall judge, & what shall be required at our hands at that fearful day, how all things must be tried by the fire, and that that only shall stand for ever which Christs words shall allow, which shall be the judge of all flesh to give sentence upon all flesh and every living soul either of eternal damnation or of everlasting salvation, from which sentence there shall be no place to appeal, no wit shall serve to delude, nor no power to withstand or revoke: ⟨p. 1780⟩when (I say) I consider all these things, and confer to the same again and again, all those ways wherein standeth the substance of the romish religion (whereof I spake before) it may be evident and easy to perceive, that these two ways, these two religions, the one of Christ, the other of the Romish sea, in these latter days, be as far distant the one from the other, as light and darkness, good and evil,1 righteousness and unrighteousness, Christ and Belial.
and likewise when I consider that al that man doth professe in his regeneration when he is receiued into the holy catholicke church of Christ, and is now to be accoūted for one of the liuely mēbers of Christes owne body, all that is groū ded vpon Gods holy word, and standeth in the profession of that fayth, & obedience of those commaundements whiche are all conteined and comprised in Gods holy word: & furthermore when I consider whom our Sauiour Christ pronoūceth in his gospell to be blessed, and to whom Moses geueth his benedictiōs in the law, what wayes ye law, the Prophets, the Psalmes, and all holy Scriptures both newe and olde doth declare to be the wayes of the Lorde, what is good for man to obteine and abide in Gods fauor, which is that fayth that iustifieth before God, and what is that charity that doth passe and excell all, whiche be ye properties of heauenly wisedome, and whiche is that vndefiled religion, that is allowed of GOD, which thinges Christ himself called the weighty matters of the law, what thing is that which is onely auayleable in Christ, & what knowledge is that, that Paule esteemed so much, that he counted himself onely to know, what shall be ye maner of ye extreme iudgement of the latter day, who shall iudge & by what he shall iudge, & what shall be required at our handes at that fearefull day, howe all thinges must be tried by the fire, and that that onely shal stand for euer which Christes wordes shall allow, which shalbe the iudge of all flesh to geue sentēce vpon all flesh and euery liuing soule either of eternall damnation or of euerlasting saluation, from which sentence there shall be no place to appeale, no witte shal serue to delude, nor no power to withstand or reuoke: