Foxe's Book Of Martyrs

by John Foxe, W. Grinton Berry (Editor)

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Foxe's Book of Martyrs is a record of the protestant martyrs, beginning with Stephen and ending during the reign of Queen Mary. Foxe was an educated martyrologist and was, himself, on the run from persecution for a period of his life. This collection of stories is an inspirational volume of the power of faith.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933993577
Publisher:	Apocryphile Press
Publication date:	11/01/2007
Pages:	428
Product dimensions:	0.95(w) x 5.50(h) x 8.50(d)

About the Author

John Foxe (1516-87) was a professor at Oxford, then a minister in London before being forced to flee to Europe when Queen Mary came to power. While in Europe he wrote this classic and published it after returning to England when Queen Elizabeth took the throne.

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Chapter 1 THE EARLY CHRISTIANS

CHRIST our Saviour, in the Gospel of St Matthew, hearing the confession of Simon Peter, who, first of all other, openly acknowledged Him to be the Son of God, and perceiving the secret hand of His Father therein, called him (alluding to his name) a rock, upon which rock He would build His Church so strong, that the gates of hell should not prevail against it. In which words three things are to be noted: First, that Christ will have a Church in this world. Secondly, that the same Church should mightily be impugned, not only by the world, but also by the uttermost strength and powers of all hell. And, thirdly, that the same Church, notwithstanding the uttermost of the devil and all his malice, should continue.

Which prophecy of Christ we see wonderfully to be verified, insomuch that the whole course of the Church to this day may seem nothing else but a verifying of the said prophecy. First, that Christ hath set up a Church, needeth no declaration. Secondly, what force of princes, kings, monarchs, governors, and rulers of this world, with their subjects, publicly and privately, with all their strength and cunning, have bent themselves against this Church! And, thirdly, how the said Church, all this notwithstanding, hath yet endured and holden its ,own! What storms and tempests it hath overpast, wondrous it is to behold: for the more evident declaration whereof, I have addressed this present history, to the end, first, that the wonderful works of God in His Church might appear to His glory; also that, the continuance and proceedings of the Church, from time to time, being set forth, more knowledge and experience may redound thereby, to the profit of the reader and edification of Christian faith.

At the first preaching of Christ, and coming of the Gospel, who should rather have known and received him than the Pharisees and Scribes of that people which had His law? and yet who persecuted and rejected Him more than they themselves? What followed? They, in refusing Christ to be their King, and choosing rather to be subject unto Caesar, were by the said Caesar at length destroyed.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

About the Author

1. The Early Christians 1

2. Constantine the Great 39

3. The Life of John Wickliff 49

4. Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham 70

5. The Martyrdom of John Huss 90

6. Gods Servant, William Tyndale 135

7. The History of Martin Luther 153

8. John Hooper, Bishop of Worchester 188

9. Dr. Rowland Taylor, Parish Clergyman 214

10. The Martyrs of Scotland 236

11. Hugh Latimer, Preacher of the Gospel 262

12. The Story of Bishop Ridley 280

13. The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer 295

14. The Fires of Smithfield 312

15. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury 351

16. Anecdotes and Sayings of Other Martyrs 388