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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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But he […] sinneth (as they […] do which do unjustly […] favour and pleasure of men) is of the devil, […] he, of which sort all our partaking and natural justices be with all their partiality and naturality. Wherefore it would be right and just that as many ⟨p. 878⟩[…] be such justices, be justly deprived of their offices, and further also to be punished, according to the quantity or quality of their crime, so that […] that means they may be cut off, as men born and bred to the hurt and detriment of the common wealth, which trouble us when they ought to help us, Amen. SIR, finally and last of all you added these words following: Well, said you, let bishop Latimer take heed how he meddleth with my brother, for he is like to find as crabbed and froward a piece of him, as ever he found in his life, &c. Ah, sir, and is your brother such an one as you speak of indeed? Merciful God, what a commendation is this for one brother to give another? Is this your glorying, my friend? And were it not possible, think you, to make him better? It is written, Vexation giveth understanding. And again, It is good, O Lord, that thou hast humbled me. At least, I may pray to God for him as David did for such like, after this sort; Bind fast asses with bridle and snaffle, that they approach not near unto thee. In the mean season, I would I had never known either of you both; for so should I have been without this inward sorrow of my heart, to see such unwillingness in you both to godliness; for I cannot but be heavy h•a•ted, to see such men so wickedly minded. Well, let us ponder a little better your words, where you say, I shall find him as crabbed and as froward a piece as ever I found in my life, &c. Mark well your own words. For by the tenor of the same it plainly appeareth, that you confess your brother's cause, wherein he so stiffly standeth, to be unjust and very naught. For he that standeth so stiffly in a good quarrel and a just cause, as many good men have done, is called a fast man, a constant, a trusty man. But he that is obstinate and untractable in wickedness and wrong doing, is commonly called a crabbed and froward piece, as you name your brother to be. WHEREFORE knowing your brother's cause to be so wicked, why have you not endeavoured yourself, as a worthy justice, to reform him accordingly, as I required you, and you promised me to do, now almost twelve months ago.