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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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I had rather be in purgatory than in the bishop of London's prison; for in this I might die bodily for lack of meat; in that I could not. In this I might die spiritually for fear of pain, or lack of good counsel; in that I could not. In this I might be in extreme necessity, in that I could not, if extreme necessity be peril of perishing. And then you know what followeth, if we be not bounden by precept to help, […] them that be in extreme necessity, we see not […] needeth in purgatory, but we see who needeth in this world. And John saith, If thou see thy brother, and help him not, how is the charity of God in thee? Here, either we be, or we may be in extreme necessity, both in body and soul; in purgatory neither one nor other. Here we be bound to help one another, as we would be helped ourselves under pain of damnation. Here for lack of help, we may murmur and grudge against God, dishonour God, undo ourselves, which inconveniences shall not follow, if we do our duty to one another. I am sure the souls in purgatory be so charitable, and of charity so loth to have God dishonoured, that they would have nothing withdrawn from the poor here in this world, to be bestowed upon them which might occasion the dishonour of God, &c.
I had rather be in purgatory than in the bishop of London's prison; for in this I might die bodily for lack of meat; in that I could not. In this I might die spiritually for fear of pain, or lack of good counsel; in that I could not. In this I might be in extreme necessity, in that I could not, if extreme necessity be peril of perishing. And then you know what followeth, if we be not bounden by precept to help, 〈…〉 them that be in extreme necessity, we see not 〈…〉 needeth in purgatory, but we see who needeth in this world. And John saith, If thou see thy brother, and help him not, how is the charity of God in thee? Here, either we be, or we may be in extreme necessity, both in body and soul; in purgatory neither one nor other. Here we be bound to help one another, as we would be helped ourselves under pain of damnation. Here for lack of help, we may murmur and grudge against God, dishonour God, undo ourselves, which inconveniencies shall not follow, if we do our duty to one another. I am sure the souls in purgatory be so charitable, and of charity so loth to have God dishonoured, that they would have nothing withdrawn from the poor here in this world, to be bestowed upon them which might occasion the dishonour of God, &c.