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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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Volume 2 › Book 3 › Chapter 1 › Another Examination of SPURDANCE, before the Bishop in his House.
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Spurred. No, I have been in no error; for the spiritual laws were never more truly set forth than in my ⟨p. 501⟩master king Edward's time, and I trust unto God I shall never leave them while I live.
Spurd. No, I have been in no error; for the spiritual laws were never more truly set forth than in my ⟨p. 501⟩master king Edward's time, and I trust unto God I shall never leave them while I live.
THEN came a gentleman to me and said, Are you wiser than all men? and have you more knowledge than all men? Will you cast away your soul willingly? My lord and other men also, would fain you would save yourself: therefore choose some man where you will, either spiritual or temporal, and take a day, my lord will give it you.
THEN came a gentleman to me and said, Are you wiser than all men? and have you more knowledge than all men? Will you cast away your soul willingly? My lord and other men also, would fain you would save yourself: therefore chuse some man where you will, either spiritual or temporal, and take a day, my lord will give it you.
Spurred. If I save my life, I shall lose it: and if I lose my life for Christ's sake, I shall find it in life everlasting. And if I take a day, when the day cometh, I must say then even as I do now, except I will lie, and therefore that needeth not.
Spurd. If I save my life, I shall lose it: and if I lose my life for Christ's sake, I shall find it in life everlasting. And if I take a day, when the day cometh, I must say then even as I do now, except I will lie, and therefore that needeth not.