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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 11 › Letter 2: LETTER II. To his Brother WALTER SHETERDEN.
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LETTER II. To his Brother WALTER SHETERDEN.
I Wish you health in Christ, true knowledge of his word, and a faithful heart unto the same. It is showed me▪ my brother, that you desired me by a letter made to a friend of your's to persuade me to be ruled by my uncle, who saith, he will bestow his goods very largely upon me, if I would not stand too high in mine own conceit. But, my good brother, I hope you do not judge so evil of me, that I should have a faith to sell for money. For though he or you were able to give me the treasure of the whole country, yet I thank my Lord God, I do judge it but an heap of dung, in respect of the treasure hid within; yet I do esteem a buckle of your shoe, if it come in good will. And for […] be counselled and ruled by him or you, or any other of my friends, I do not, neither have refused it, if they require […] more of me than what is in my power, and that which belongeth to a mortal man. But if they require of me any thing which appertaineth to God d•ly, there is neither high or low, friend or foe, that shall g•t it from me, nor yet […] angels in heaven.
I Wish you health in Christ, true knowledge of his word, and a faithful heart unto the same. It is shewed me▪ my brother, that you desired me by a letter made to a friend of your's to persuade me to be ruled by my uncle, who saith, he will bestow his goods very largely upon me, if I would not stand too high in mine own conceit. But, my good brother, I hope you do not judge so evil of me, that I should have a faith to sell for money. For though he or you were able to give me the treasure of the whole country, yet I thank my Lord God, I do judge it but an heap of dung, in respect of the treasure hid within; yet I do esteem a buckle of your shoe, if it come in good will. And for 〈…〉 be counselled and ruled by him or you, or any other of my friends, I do not, neither have refused it, if they require 〈…〉 more of me than what is in my power, and that which belongeth to a mortal man. But if they require of me any thing which appertaineth to God dly, there is neither high or low, friend or foe, that shall gt it from me, nor yet angels in heaven.