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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 10 › Letter 15: LETTER XV. From Mr. BRADFORD, to Dr. HILL, Physician.
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LETTER XV. From Mr. BRADFORD, to Dr. HILL, Physician.
THE God of mercy and Father of all comfort at this present and for ever ingraft in your heart the sense of his mercy in Christ, and the continuance of his consolation, which cannot but enable you to carry with joy whatsoever cross he shall lay upon you, Amen.
HITHERTO I could not have the liberty to write to you, as I suppose you know: but now through God's providence I have no such restraint, and therefore I shall write something to clear myself of the suspicion of unthankfulness towards you in these dangerous days, […] you should wax cold in God's cause, (which God forbid) or suffer the light of the Lord, once kindled in your heart, to be quenched, and so become as you were before, after the example of the world, and of many others who would have been counted otherwise in our days, and still would be so accounted, although by their outward life they declare the contrary, as if they could keep the heart pure, while the outward man doth curry favour.
HITHERTO I could not have the liberty to write to you, as I suppose you know: but now through God's providence I have no such restraint, and therefore I shall write something to clear myself of the suspicion of unthankfulness towards you in these dangerous days, 〈…〉 you should wax cold in God's cause, (which God forbid) or suffer the light of the Lord, once kindled in your heart, to be quenched, and so become as you were before, after the example of the world, and of many others who would have been counted otherwise in our days, and still would be so accounted, although by their outward life they declare the contrary, as if they could keep the heart pure, while the outward man doth curry favour.