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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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YOU […] how the congregation of the wicked, by helping one another, make their wicked religion and themselves strong against God's truth and his people. If you may have some learned man, that can out of the scripture speak unto you of faith, and true honouring of God, also that can show you the descent of Christ's church from the beginning of it until this day, that you may perceive by the life of our fore-fathers these two things: the one that Christ's words, who said that all his must suffer persecution and trouble in the world, be true: the othe•, that none of all his, before our time, escaped trouble: then shall you perceive, that it is but a folly for one that professes Christ truly, to look for the love of the world.
YOU 〈…〉 how the congregation of the wicked, by helping one another, make their wicked religion and themselves strong against God's truth and his people. If you may have some learned man, that can out of the scripture speak unto you of faith, and true honouring of God, also that can shew you the descent of Christ's church from the beginning of it until this day, that you may perceive by the life of our fore-fathers these two things: the one that Christ's words, who said that all his must suffer persecution and trouble in the world, be true: the othe•, that none of all his, before our time, escaped trouble: then shall you perceive, that it is but a folly for one that professes Christ truly, to look for the love of the world.
THUS shall […] learn to bear trouble, and to exercise your religion, an• •eel indeed that Christ's words be true, "In the world you shall suffer persecution." And when you shall feel your religion indeed, say, you be no better than your fore-fathers; but be glad, that you may be counted soldiers for this war: and pray to God when come together, that he will use and order you and your doings in these three ends, which you must take heed to: the first, that you glorify God; the next, that you edify the church and congregation; the third, that you profit your own souls.