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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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LET us therefore with meekness receive the word that is gra•ted in us, which is able to save our souls, and ground ourselves on the sure rock Christ. For (as the apostle saith) other foundation can no man lay, besides that which is laid already, which is Jesus Christ. If any man build on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay, stubble, e•ery man's work shall appear, for the day shall declare it, and it shall be showed in the fire. And the fire sh••l try every man's work what it is. If any man's work that he hath builded upon abide, he shall receive a reward: if any man's work burn, he shall suffer loss; but he shall be saved himself, nevertheless yet as it were through […].
LET us therefore with meekness receive the word that is gra•ted in us, which is able to save our souls, and ground ourselves on the sure rock Christ. For (as the apostle saith) other foundation can no man lay, besides that which is laid already, which is Jesus Christ. If any man build on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay, stubble, e•ery man's work shall appear, for the day shall declare it, and it shall be sh•wed in the fire. And the fire sh••l try every man's work what it is. If any man's work that he hath builded upon abide, he shall receive a reward: if any man's work burn, he shall suffer loss; but he shall be saved himself, nevertheless yet as it were through 〈…〉.
[…] the apostle understand persecution and […], for they which do truly preach and profess the word of God, which is called the word of the cross, shall be railed at and abhorred, hated, thrust out of company, persecuted and tried in the furnace of adversity, as gold and silver are tried in the fire.