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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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And if to call this or that truth, requireth a deep and profound knowledge, then every man hath either a deep and profound knowledge, or else no man can tell this or that truth: and it behoveth every preacher to have this deep and profound knowledge, that he may call this or that truth, which this or that he taketh in hand to preach for the truth; and yet he may be ignorant and uncertain in many things, both […] as Apollos was: but which things, whether this or that, he will not attempt to preach for the truth. And as for myself, I trust in God I may hav• […] exercised to discern good […] things, which without deep and profound knowledge in many things I preach not, yea there are many things in scripture in which I cannot certainly discern good and evil, I mean true and false, not with all the exercise I have in scripture, no• y•• with the help of ⟨p. 859⟩all the interpreters that I have, to content myself and others in all scruples that may arise: but in such I am wont to wade no further into the stream, than that I may either go over, or else return back again, ever having respect, not to the ostentation of my little wit, but to the edification of them that hear me, as far forth as I can, neither passing mine own nor yet their capacity.
And if to call this or that truth, requireth a deep and profound knowledge, then every man hath either a deep and profound knowledge, or else no man can tell this or that truth: and it behoveth every preacher to have this deep and profound knowledge, that he may call this or that truth, which this or that he taketh in hand to preach for the truth; and yet he may be ignorant and uncertain in many things, both 〈…〉 as Apollos was: but which things, whether this or that, he will not attempt to preach for the truth. And as for myself, I trust in God I may hav• 〈…〉 exercised to discern good 〈…〉 things, which without deep and profound knowledge in many things I preach not, yea there are many things in scripture in which I cannot •ertainly discern good and evil, I mean true and fals•, not with all the exercise I have in scripture, no y with the help of