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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 12 › Letter 9: LETTER IX. From Dr. RIDLEY, in Answer to Mr GRINDAL.
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BLESSED be God, we three at the writing hereof were in good health, and (in God) of good cheer. We expected long ago to have been dispatched, for we were all three on one day condemned as heretics by Dr. Weston, (he being the head commissioner) within a day or two of our disputations, and ever since we remain here as we were by him left. The Lord's will be fulfilled in us, as I doubt not bu• by his grace it shall be to his glory, and our eternal salvation, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
LIKEWISE the Lord hath hitherto preserved, above all our expectation, our dear brother, and in Christ's cause a strong champion, John Bradford. He is also condemned, and is already delivered to the secular power, and writs (as we have heard say) given out for his execution, and called in again.
THUS the Lord, so long as his blessed pleasure is, preserveth whom he listeth, notwithstanding the wonderful raging of the world. Many (as we hear say) have valiantly suffered, confessing Christ's truth, and nothing yielding to the adversary, no, not for the fear or pains of death.