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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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He is our maker, we are his handy-work and creatures, whom now when he hath made, he doth not leave and forsake, as the shipwright doth the ship, leaving it at all adventures to be tossed in the tempest, but he comforteth us his creatures, and in him we live, move, and have our being: yea, not only that, but now that he hath in his dear Christ repaired us, being before utterly decayed, and redeem•• us, purging ⟨p. 440⟩us unto himself as a peculiar people by the blood of his Son; he hath put on a most tender good will and fatherly […] to forget us: unto whom by such promises he hath ••light•• such faith, that though it were possible that the mother could forget her infant, and not be tender-hearted to the child of her womb ye• may not it be, that his faithful believers should be forgotten of him. He exhorteth us to cast all our care on him, and saith, that assuredly he careth for us. And what though for a season he doth suffer us to be tossed in the turbulent tempests of temptation, and seemeth as in much anger to have given us over, and forgotten us? Let not us for all that leave off to put our trust in him, but let us with godly Job conclude in ourselves and say, "Even though he kill me, yet will I put my trust in him." Let us with the blessed Abraham in hope, even contrary to hope, by belief lean unto that our loving Lord, who, though for our probation he suffereth us to be afflicted, yet "will he not be always chilling, neither keepeth he his anger for ever: for he knoweth whereof we are made; he remembereth that we are but dust. Wherefore, look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth, so great is his mercy towards them which fear him. Look how wide the east is from the we•• so far hath he set our sins from us. Yea, like as a […] ••tieth his own children, even so is the Lord merciful un•o them that fear him." Oh! what great cause of rejoicing have we in our most gracious God? We cannot but burst forth in the praising of such a bountiful benefactor, and say with the same Psalmist; "Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits." Dear wife, riches I have none to leave behind me, wherewith to endow you after the worldly manner: