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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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THESE things are written for our learning and comfort, and are to us a sure obligation, that if we submit ourselves to God and his holy word, no man shall be able to hur• us, and that he will deliver us from all troubles, yea▪ from […] also, until such time as we covet and desire to die. "Let us therefore run with patience unto the battle that is set before us, and look unto Jesus the captain and finisher of our faith, and after his example, for the reward that is set before us, patiently bear the cross, and despise the shame. For all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution."
THESE things are written for our learning and comfort, and are to us a sure obligation, that if we submit ourselves to God and his holy word, no man shall be able to hur• us, and that he will deliver us from all troubles, yea▪ from 〈…〉 also, until such time as we covet and desire to die. "Let us therefore run with patience unto the battle that is set before us, and look unto Jesus the captain and finisher of our faith, and after his example, for the reward that is set before us, patiently bear the cross, and despise the shame. For all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution."
CHRIST was no sooner baptized, and declared to the world to be the Son of God, but Satan was by and by ready to tempt him: which thing we must look for also: yea, the more we increase in faith and virtuous living, the more strongly will Satan assault us: whom we must learn, after the example of Christ to fight against, and overcome with the holy and sacred scriptures, the word of God, (which are our heavenly armour) and sword of the Spirit. And let the fasting of Christ, while he was tempted in the wilderness, be unto us an example of sober living, not for the space of forty days (as the papists do fancy of their own brains), but as long as we are in the wilderness of this wretched life, assaulted of Satan, who like a roaring lion walketh about, and ceaseth not seeking our utter destruction.