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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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WHEREFORE, gracious king, remember yourself, have pity upon your soul, and think the day is even at hand when you shall give an account of your office, and of the blood that hath been shed with your sword. In which day that your grace may stand steadfastly, and not be ashamed, but be clear and ready in your reckoning, and to have, as they say, your discharge sealed with the blood of our Saviour Christ, which only serveth at that day, is my daily prayer to him that suffered death for our sins, who also prayeth to his Father for grace for us continually. To whom be all honour and praise for ever, Amen. The Spirit of God preserve your grace.
WHEREFORE, gracious king, remember yourself, have pity upon your soul, and think the day is even at hand when you shall give an account of your office, and of the blood that hath been shed with your sword. In which day that your grace may stand stedfastly, and not be ashamed, but be clear and ready in your reckoning, and to have, as they say, your discharge sealed with the blood of our Saviour Christ, which only serveth at that day, is my daily prayer to him that suffered death for our sins, who also prayeth to his Father for grace for us continually. To whom be all honour and praise for ever, Amen. The Spirit of God preserve your grace.
December 1, 1530.
IN this letter of Bishop Latimer to the king above prefixed, many things we have to consider; First, his good conscience to God, his good will to the king, the duty of a right pastor unto truth, his tender care to the commonwealth, and especially to the church of Christ. Further, we have to consider the abuse of princes' courts, how kings may be abused with flatterers and wicked counsellors about them; and especially, we may note the subtle practices of prelates, in abusing the name and authority of kings, to set forth their own malignant proceedings. We may see moreover, and rather marvel at in the said letter, the great boldness and divine stoutness in this man, who as yet being no bishop, so freely and plainly without any fear of death, adventuring his life to discharge his conscience, durst so boldly, to so mighty a prince, in such a dangerous case, against the king's law and proclamation set out in such a terrible tim take upon him to write, and to admonish that which no counsellor durst so much as once mention unto him in defence of Christ's gospel. Whose example, if the bishops and prelates of this realm, for their parts likewise, in like cases would follow (as indeed they ought to do) it is very probable that many things would not be so out of frame as they be.