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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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NOW concerning your cross in respect of the world, between the world and you, God's word teacheth it to be a testimonial of God's truth, of his providence, of his power, of his justice, of his wisdom, of his anger against sin, of his goodness, of his judgment, of your […] and religion, so that by it you are to the world a witness of God, that he is true, he ruleth all things, he is just, wise, and at length will judge the world, and cast the wicked into perdition, but the godly he will take and receive into his eternal habitation. I know you judge of things after faith's fetch, and the effects or ends of things, and so you see an eternal weight of glory which this cross shall bring unto you, while you look not on things which are seen, but on the things which are not not seen. Let the worldlings weigh things, and look upon the affairs of men with their worldly and corporal eyes, as many did in the subscription of the king's last will; and therefore they did that, for which they afterwards repented. But let us look on things after another manner, as God be praised you did, in not doing that which you were desired; you then beheld things not as a man, but as a man of God, and so you do now in religion, at least hitherto you have done, and that you might do still, I humbly beseech and pray you say with David, "Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, when wilt thou comfort me? Though you be like a bottle in the smoke, (for I hear you want health) yet do not forget the statutes of the Lord: but cry out, How many are the days of thy servant? When […] thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?" And be certain, "The Lord will surely come, and not […] ▪ though he tarry, wait for him: for he is but a while in his anger, but in his favour is life: weeping may abide at evening, but joy cometh in the morning." Follow ther• fore Isaiah's counsel, Hide thyself for a very little while •• till his indignation pass over, which is not indignation indeed, but to our sense: and therefore in the six and twentieth chapter of Isaiah, God saith of his church and people, that as he keepeth night and day; so there is no anger in […] saith he.
NOW concerning your cross in respect of the world, between the world and you, God's word teacheth it to be a testimonial of God's truth, of his providence, of his power, of his justice, of his wisdom, of his anger against sin, of his goodness, of his judgment, of your 〈…〉 and religion, so that by it you are to the world a witness of God, that he is true, he ruleth all things, he is just, wise, and at length will judge the world, and cast the wicked into perdition, but the godly he will take and receive into his eternal habitation. I know you judge of things after faith's fetch, and the effects or ends of things, and so you see an eternal weight of glory which this cross shall bring unto you, while you look not on things which are seen, but on the things which are not not seen. Let the worldlings weigh things, and look upon the affairs of men with their worldly and corporal eyes, as many did in the subscription of the king's last will; and therefore they did that, for which they afterwards repented. But let us look on things after another manner, as God be praised you did, in not doing that which you were desired; you then beheld things not as a man, but as a man of God, and so you do now in religion, at least hitherto you have done, and that you might do still, I humbly beseech and pray you say with David, "Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, when wilt thou comfort me? Though you be like a bottle in the smoke, (for I hear you want health) yet do not forget the statutes of the Lord: but cry out, How many are the days of thy servant? When thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?" And be certain, "The Lord will surely come, and not though he tarry, wait for him: for he is but a while in his anger, but in his favour is life: weeping may abide at evening, but joy cometh in the morning." Follow ther fore Isaiah's counsel, Hide thyself for a very little while til his indignation pass over, which is not indignation indeed, but to our sense: and therefore in the six and twentieth chapter of Isaiah, God saith of his church and people, that as he keepeth night and day; so there is no anger in saith he.