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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 1 › Book 2 › Chapter 7 › Letter 5: LETTER V. From the Rev. Mr. GEORGE MARSH to the same.
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AND forasmuch as the life of man is a perpetual warfare upon earth, let us run with joy unto the battle that is set before us, and like good warriors of Jesus Christ please him, who hath chosen us to be soldiers, and not like shrinking children faint and fall away from the truth now in time of adversity and tribulation, wherewith all that will live godly in Christ Jesus must be tried, even as gold and silver is proved in the fire, and whereof all the scriptures have given us so much forewarning. For God is wont for the most part to warn his elect and chosen, what affliction and trouble shall happen unto them for his sake, not to affright them thereby, but rather to prepare their minds against the boisterous storms of persecution. As we have a notable example in the apostle Paul, unto whom God sent Agabus, who prophesied unto him of the imprisonment and bonds that he should suffer at Jerusalem; in whom we have also a good example of constancy and steadfastness, who regarding not the tears of his familiar friends, nor yet the peril of his own life, did through fire and water go on still to set forth the glory of God; and he being delivered from the hands of his wicked and blood-thirsty enemies, and that so many times, is in conclusion fain to commit himself to the rough waters of the sea, where he was a long season in great peril and jeopardy of his own life. But God was always (to the great comfort of all that shall hear it) most ready to help and succour him. First, he did send him a most friendly and sweet company, I mean Aristarchus and Lucus, so ruling the heart of the under captain Julius that he courteously treated him, and gave him liberty to go to his friends and to refresh himself; and he was beneficial unto him a• all times. In like manner was God with Joseph, and delivered him from all his adversities, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, insomuch that he made him governor over all Egypt, and over all his household. In like manner was he with Jeremiah and Daniel, in their great troubles, and appointed men for them in their trials, to relieve, succour and help them, to their singular comfort.
AND forasmuch as the life of man is a perpetual warfare upon earth, let us run with joy unto the battle that is set before us, and like good warriors of Jesus Christ please him, who hath chosen us to be soldiers, and not like shrinking children faint and fall away from the truth now in time of adversity and tribulation, wherewith all that will live godly in Christ Jesus must be tried, even as gold and silver is proved in the fire, and whereof all the scriptures have given us so much forewarning. For God is wont for the most part to warn his elect and chosen, what affliction and trouble shall happen unto them for his sake, not to affright them thereby, but rather to prepare their minds against the boisterous storms of persecution. As we have a notable example in the apostle Paul, unto whom God sent Agabus, who prophesied unto him of the imprisonment and bonds that he should suffer at Jerusalem; in whom we have also a good example of constancy and stedfastness, who regarding not the tears of his familiar friends, nor yet the peril of his own life, did through fire and water go on still to set forth the glory of God; and he being delivered from the hands of his wicked and blood-thirsty enemies, and that so many times, is in conclusion fain to commit himself to the rough waters of the sea, where he was a long season in great peril and jeopardy of his own life. But God was always (to the great comfort of all that shall hear it) most ready to help and succour him. First, he did send him a most friendly and sweet company, I mean Aristarchus and Lucus, so ruling the heart of the under captain Julius that he courteously treated him, and gave him liberty to go to his friends and to refresh himself; and he was beneficial unto him a all times. In like manner was God with Joseph, and delivered him from all his adversities, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, insomuch that he made him governor over all Egypt, and over all his houshold. In like manner was he with Jeremy and Daniel, in their great troubles, and appointed men for them in their trials, to relieve, succour and help them, to their singular comfort.