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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 arise with David, and say, "Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord, for in thy sight no man living shall be justified." Let us send ambassadors with the centurion and say, "Lord, we are not worthy to come ourselves unto thee; speak the word, and we shall have peace." Let us patiently with the publican look down on the earth, knock our hard hearts to burst them, and cry out, "O God be merciful unto us, wretched sinners." Let us with the lost son return and say, "O Father, we have sinned against heaven and earth, and before thee, we are unworthy to be called thy children." Let us, I say, heartily repent of our former evil life, and turn to God with our whole hearts, hoping in his great mercy through Christ, and heartily calling upon his holy name, and then undoubtedly we shall find and feel otherwise than yet we have felt, both inwardly and outwardly. Inwardly we shall feel peace of conscience between God and us, which peace passeth all understanding, and we shall find that the outward troubles and miseries of this life will be much mitigated, if not quite taken away.
THEREFORE, my dearly beloved in the Lord, I your poorest brother now departing to the Lord, for my eternal farewell in this life, pray you, beseech you, and even from the very bottom of my heart, by all the mercies of God showed to you in Christ, most earnestly beg and entreat you out of prison, (as I have often done out of your pulpits) that you will repent, and henceforth leave your wicked lives, be sorry for your offences, and turn to the Lord, whose arms are wide open to receive and embrace you. For he is the Lord of mercy, and God of all comfort, he desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should repent, and amend. He hath no pleasure in the destruction of men; his long suffering should draw you to repentance, before the time of vengeance, and the day of wrath, which is at hand, doth come.
THEREFORE, my dearly beloved in the Lord, I your poorest brother now departing to the Lord, for my eternal farewel in this life, pray you, beseech you, and even from the very bottom of my heart, by all the mercies of God shewed to you in Christ, most earnestly beg and intreat you out of prison, (as I have often done out of your pulpits) that you will repent, and henceforth leave your wicked lives, be sorry for your offences, and turn to the Lord, whose arms are wide open to receive and embrace you. For he is the Lord of mercy, and God of all comfort, he desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should repent, and amend. He hath no pleasure in the destruction of men; his long suffering should draw you to repentance, before the time of vengeance, and the day of wrath, which is at hand, doth come.