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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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THEREFORE I pray you call to mind, that there are but two masters, two kinds of people, two ways, and two mansion places. The masters are Christ and Satan, the people are servitors to either of these, the ways are strait and wide, the mansions are heaven and hell. Again, consider that this world is the place of trial of God's people, and the devil's servants: for as the one will […] his master whatsoever cometh of it, so will the […] For a time it is hard to discern who pertaineth to […] and who to the devil: as in the calm and peace who is the good sailor and warrior, and who is not. But as when the storm ariseth, the expert mariner is known, and as in war the g••d soldier is seen, so in affliction and the cross, God's children are easily known from Satan's servants; for then as the good servant will follow his master, so will the godly follow their captain, come what will; whereas the wicked and hypocrites will bid adieu, and desire the less of Christ's acquaintance. For which cause the cross ⟨p. 682⟩is called a probation and trial, because it tries who will go with God, and who will forsake him. And now in England we see how small a company Christ hath, in comparison of Satan's soldiers. Let no man deceive himself: for he that gathereth not with Christ, scattereth abroad. No man can serve two masters; the Lord abhorreth double hearts, the lukewarm, that is, such as are both hot and cold, he speweth out of his mouth. None that halt on both knees doth God take for his servants. The way of Christ is the strait way, and so strait, that as few find it, and few walk in it, so no man can halt in it but must needs go upright: for as the straitness will suffer no reeling to this side or that side, so that if any halt, he is like to fall off the bridge into the pit of eternal perdition.
THEREFORE I pray you call to mind, that there are but two masters, two kinds of people, two ways, and two mansion places. The masters are Christ and Satan, the people are servitors to either of these, the ways are strait and wide, the mansions are heaven and hell. Again, consider that this world is the place of trial of God's people, and the devil's servants: for as the one will 〈…〉 his master whatsoever cometh of it, so will the 〈…〉 For a time it is hard to discern who pertaineth to 〈…〉 and who to the devil: as in the calm and peace who is the good sailor and warrior, and who is not. But as when the storm ariseth, the expert mariner is known, and as in war the gd soldier is seen, so in affliction and the cross, God's children are easily known from Satan's servants; for then as the good servant will follow his master, so will the godly follow their captain, come what will; whereas the wicked and hypocrites will bid adieu, and desire the less of Christ's acquaintance. For which cause the cross