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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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THE old man therefore is more strong, lusty, and stirring than the new man, because the birth of the new man is now begun, and the old man is perfectly born. And as the old man is more active, lusty, and strong, than the new man; so is the nature of him clean contrary to the nature of the new man, as being earthly and corrupted with the seed of Satan; the nature of the new man being heavenly, and blessed with the celestial seed of God. So that inasmuch as the old man is corrupt with the seed of the serpent, so is the new man blessed with the seed of God from above. And as the old man is a sinner, and an enemy to God, so, inasmuch as he is regenerate, he is righteous and holy, and a friend to God, the seed of God preserving him from sin, so that he cannot sin, as the seed of the serpent, wherewith he is corrupt even from his conception, inclineth him, yea enforceth him to sin, and nothing else but to sin: so that the best part in man before regeneration, in God's sight, is not only […] enemy, but even enmity itself.
THE old man therefore is more strong, lusty, and stirring than the new man, because the birth of the new man is now begun, and the old man is perfectly born. And as the old man is more active, lusty, and strong, than the new man; so is the nature of him clean contrary to the nature of the new man, as being earthly and corrupted with the seed of Satan; the nature of the new man being heavenly, and blessed with the celestial seed of God. So that inasmuch as the old man is corrupt with the seed of the serpent, so is the new man blessed with the seed of God from above. And as the old man is a sinner, and an enemy to God, so, inasmuch as he is regenerate, he is righteous and holy, and a friend to God, the seed of God preserving him from sin, so that he cannot sin, as the seed of the serpent, wherewith he is corrupt even from his conception, inclineth him, yea enforceth him to sin, and nothing else but to sin: so that the best part in man before regeneration, in God's sight, is not only 〈…〉 enemy, but even enmity itself.
A man therefore that is regenerate may well be called always just, and always sinful; just, in respect of God's […] ▪ and his regeneration; sinful, in respect of Satan's seed and his first birth. Betwixt these two men there is a continu conflict, and a deadly war. The flesh and old man, by reason of his birth being perfect, doth often for a time vail against the new man, (being but a child in comparison) and that in such a manner, that even the children of God themselves think that they be nothing else but old, and that the Spirit and seed of God is lost and gone away; […] yet notwithstanding the truth is otherwise, the Spirit and seed of God at length appearing again, and dispelling the clouds which cover the sun; so that sometimes a man cannot tell by any sense, that there is any sun, the clouds and winds do so hide it from our sight: even so our blindness and corrupt affections do often shadow the sight of God's seed in his children, as though they were downright r bates. Whereof it cometh that they praying according to their sense, but not according to truth, desire of God […] give them again his Spirit, as though they had lost it, and he had taken it away. Which thing God never doth indeed, although he maketh us to think so for a time; for he always holdeth his hand under his children in their falls, that they lie not still as others do which are not regene. And this is the difference betwixt God's children which […] regenerate and elect before all times in Christ, and the wicked always; that the elect lie not still continually in their sin, as the wicked do, but do at length return again by reason of God's seed, which is hid in them as a spark of […] in the ashes, as we may see in Peter, David, Paul, Mary Magdalen, and others. For these (I mean God's children) God hath made all things in Christ Jesus, to whom he […] given his dignity, that they should be his inheritance […] spouses.