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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 › Bishop LATIMER'S Letter to a Justice of the Peace.
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RIGHT worshipful, health in the Lord. And now, sir, I understand▪ that you be in great admiration at me, and take very grievously my manner of writing to you; adding, thereunto that you will not bear it at my hand, no if I were the best bishop in England, &c. AH sir, I see well I may say as the common saying is, Well, I have fished and caught a frog▪ brought little to pass with much ado. You will not bear it with me, you say. Why, sir, wha• will you do with me? You will not fight with me, I suppose. It may seem unseemly for a justice of peace to be a breaker of the peace: I am glad the doting time of my foolish youth is gone and past▪ What will you then do with me, in that you say you will not bear it at my hand? What hath my hand offended you? Perchance you will summo• me before some judge, and call me into some court. God turn it to good. I refuse no judgment. Le• us accuse one another, that one of u• may amend another, in the name of the Lord. Let justice proceed in judgment. And then and there do best, have best, for club-halfpenny. Or peradventure you will set pen to paper, and all to rattle me in a letter, wherein confuting me you will defend yourself and your brother against me. Now that would I see, says long Robin, as is commonly said. I cannot choose but must allow such diligence. For so should both your integrities and innocencies best appear, if you be able to defend both your own proceedings, and your brother'• doings in this matter to be upright. And then will I gladly give place, confessing my fault humbly, as conquered with just reasons. But I think it will not be. But now first of all let me know, what it is that you will not bear at my hand? What have I done with my hand? What hath my hand trespassed you? Forsooth, that can I tell, no man better; for I have charitably admonished you in a secret letter, of your supper-dealing and such like misbehaviour. What a sore matter is this? And will you not bear so much with me? Will you not take such a show of my good will towards you, and towards the saving of your soul at my hand? O Lord God, who would have thought that Mr. N. had been so imprudent, that he would not bear a godly admonition for the wealth of his soul?