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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: LETTER From Dr. REDMAN to Mr. LATIMER.
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LETTER From Dr. REDMAN to Mr. LATIMER.
GRACE be with you, and true peace in Christ Jesus. I beseech you heartily, and require most earnestly even for charity's sake, that you will not stand in your own conceit with a mind so indurate, nor prefer your own singular judgment in matters of religion and controversy before so many learned men, and which is more, before the whole catholic church, especially considering that you neither have any thing in the word of God to make for you, nor yet the testimony of any authentic writer. Nay, nay, I beseech you rather consider that you are a man, and that lying and vanity may quickly blear your eyes, which doth sometime• transform itself into an angel of light.
JUDGE not so rashly of us, as that wicked spirit hath tickled you in the ear, I assure you we are careful for you, and that we wish you to be saved, and that we also are careful for your own ⟨p. 826⟩salvation. Lay down your stomach I pray you▪ and humble your spirit, and suffer not the church to take offence with the hardness of your heart, nor that her unity and Christ's coat without seam (as much as lieth in you) should be torn asunder. Consider what the saying of the wise man is, and be obedient thereunto. Trust not your own wisdom. The Lord Jesus Christ, &c.