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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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PERHAPS you are weakened in that which I have preached, because God doth not defend it, as you think▪ but suffereth the popish doctrine to come again and prevail: but you must know, good mother, that God by this doth prove and try his children, whether they will unfeignedly and simply stand steadfast to him and his word. He did so with the Israelites, bringing them into a desert, after their coming out of Egypt, where (I mean in the wilderness) was want of all things, in comparison of that which they had in Egypt. Christ, when he came into this world, brought no worldly wealth, nor quietness with him, but rather war: "The world (saith he) shall rejoice, but ye shall mourn, and weep, but your weeping shall be turned into joy: and therefore happy are they that mourn and weep; for they shall be comforted." They are marked then with God's mark in their foreheads, and not with the beast's mark, I mean pope's shaven crown, who now with his shavelings rejoice: but woe unto them, for they shall be cast down, they shall weep and mourn. The rich glutton had here his joy, and Lazarus sorrow, but afterwards the case was changed. The end of carnal joy is sorrow. Now let the whoremonger joy with the drunkard, swearer, covetous, malicious, and blind buzzard sir John: for the mass will not bite them, nor make them blush as preaching doth. Now they may do what they will, come devils to church, and go devils home again, for no man must speak against it. They are glad of all this; now they have their hearts desire, as the Sodomites had when Lot was gone; but what followed? forsooth, when they cried peace, all shall be well, then came God's vengeance, fire and brimstone from heaven, and burnt up every mother's child; even so (dear mother) will it be to our papists.
PERHAPS you are weakened in that which I have preached, because God doth not defend it, as you think▪ but suffereth the popish doctrine to come again and prevail: but you must know, good mother, that God by this doth prove and try his children, whether they will unfeignedly and simply stand stedfast to him and his word. He did so with the Israelites, bringing them into a desart, after their coming out of Egypt, where (I mean in the wilderness) was want of all things, in comparison of that which they had in Egypt. Christ, when he came into this world, brought no worldly wealth, nor quietness with him, but rather war: "The world (saith he) shall rejoice, but ye shall mourn, and weep, but your weeping shall be turned into joy: and therefore happy are they that mourn and weep; for they shall be comforted." They are marked then with God's mark in their foreheads, and not with the beast's mark, I mean pope's shaven crown, who now with his shavelings rejoice: but woe unto them, for they shall be cast down, they shall weep and mourn. The rich glutton had here his joy, and Lazarus sorrow, but afterwards the case was changed. The end of carnal joy is sorrow. Now let the whoremonger joy with the drunkard, swearer, covetous, malicious, and blind buzzard sir John: for the mass will not bite them, nor make them blush as preaching doth. Now they may do what they will, come devils to church, and go devils home again, for no man must speak against it. They are glad of all this; now they have their hearts desire, as the Sodomites had when Lot was gone; but what followed? forsooth, when they cried peace, all shall be well, then came God's vengeance, fire and brimstone from heaven, and burnt up every mother's child; even so (dear mother) will it be to our papists.