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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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In comparing now the torments of all Martyrs with his pains, I pray you what pains, punishment,1 and flames would not he willingly have suffered, to have had some refocillation and time of refreshing? Who in such intolerable griefs of mind, although he neither had nor could have any joy of his meat, yet was he compelled to eat against his appetite, to the end to differ the time of his damnation, so long as he might, thinking with himself no less, but that he must needs be thrown into hell, the breath being once out of the body. Albeit Christ he thought did pity his case, and was sorry for him: yet he could not (as he imagined) help, because of the verity of the word, which said: It cannot be, &c.2
In comparing now the torments of all Martyrs with his paynes, I pray you what paynes, punishment,1 and flames would not he willingly haue suffered, to haue had some refocillation and tyme of refreshyng? Who in suche intollerable griefes of mynd, although he neyther had nor could haue any ioy of hys meate, yet was he compelled to eate against hys appetite, to the end to differre the tyme of his damnation, so long as he might, thinking with hymself no lesse, but that he must needs be thrown into hell, the breth beyng once out of the body. Albeit Christ he thought did pity hys case, and was sory for hym: yet he could not (as he imagined) helpe, because of the veritie of the word, which sayd: It cannot be, &c.2
- 1No grief like to the grief of conscience.No griefe lyke to the griefe of conscience.
- 2Heb. 7.