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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 now the world standing in this damnable state, cometh in the occasion of the incarnation of Christ: the Father in heaven perceiving the frail nature of man, that he by himself and of himself could do nothing for himself by his prudent wisdom sent down the second person in Trinity, his Son Jesus Christ, to declare unto man his pleasure and commandment: and so at the fathers will Christ took on him human nature, being willing to deliver man out of this miserable way, & was content to suffer cruel passion in shedding his blood for all mankind, and so left behind for our safeguard, laws and ordinances to keep us always in the right path, to everlasting life, as the Evangelists, the Sacraments, the commandments, and so forth: which if we do keep and observe according unto our profession, we shall answer better unto this question, (Who art thou?) then we did before: for before thou diddest enter into the Sacrament of Baptism, thou wert but a natural man, a natural woman: as I might say, A man, A woman. But after thou takest on thee Christs Religion, thou hast a longer name: for then thou art a Christian man, a Christian woman. Now then, seeing thou art a Christian man, what shall be thy answer of this question▪ Who art thou?
And now the world standyng in this damnable state, commeth in the occasion of the incarnation of Christ: the Father in heauen perceiuyng the frayle nature of man, that he by hymselfe and of hymselfe could doe nothyng for hymselfe by hys prudent wisedome sent downe the second person in Trinitie, hys sonne Iesu Christ, to declare vnto man hys pleasure and commaundement: and so at the fathers wyll Christ tooke on hym humaine nature, beyng willyng to deliuer man out of this miserable way, & was content to suffer cruell passion in shedyng hys bloud for all mankynd, and so left behynd for our safegard, lawes and ordinaunces to keepe vs alwayes in the right path, to euerlastyng lyfe, as the Euangelistes, the Sacramentes, the commaundementes, and so foorth: which if wee doe keepe and obserue accordyng vnto our profession, wee shall aunswer better vnto this question, (Who art thou?) then we dyd before: for before thou diddest enter into the Sacrament of Baptisme, thou wert but a naturall man, a naturall woman: as I myght say, A man, A woman. But after thou takest on thee Christes Religion, thou hast a longer name: for then thou art a Christian man, a Christian woman. Now then, seeyng thou art a Christian man, what shall be thy aunswer of this question▪ Who art thou?