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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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There is no Purgatory after this life.
NOT for such liars as will bear me in hand to say that I said not: I showed the state and condition of them that be in purgatory: then I denied it, not that they have charity in such surety, that they cannot lose it, so that they cannot murmur against God, cannot dishonour God, can neither displease God, nor be displeased with God, cannot be dissevered from God, cannot die, nor be in peril of death, cannot be damned, nor be in danger of damnation; cannot be but in surety of salvation; they be members of the mystical body of Christ as we be, and in more surety than we be; they love us charitably; charity is not idle, that is, it worketh and showeth it, self, and therefore I say, they wish us well, and pray for us, they […] not cry loud to God, they be in Christ, and Christ in them, they be with Christ, and Christ with them, they joy with the Lord Christ always, taking thankfully whatsoever God doth with them, ever giving thanks to their Lord God, ever ⟨p. 841⟩and praising him in all things that he doth, discontent with nothing that he doth, &c.
NOT for such liars as will bear me in hand to say that I said not: I shewed the state and condition of them that be in purgatory: then I denied it, not that they have charity in such surety, that they cannot lose it, so that they cannot murmur against God, cannot dishonour God, can neither displease God, nor be displeased with God, cannot be dissevered from God, cannot die, nor be in peril of death, cannot be damned, nor be in danger of damnation; cannot be but in surety of salvation; they be members of the mystical body of Christ as we be, and in more surety than we be; they love us charitably; charity is not idle, that is, it worketh and sheweth it, self, and therefore I say, they wish us well, and pray for us, they 〈…〉 not cry loud to God, they be in Christ, and Christ in them, they be with Christ, and Christ with them, they joy with the Lord Christ always, taking thankfully whatsoever God doth with them, ever giving thanks to their Lord God, ever ⟨p. 841⟩