![]() ![]() First, that Christ hath set up a Church, needeth no declaration. 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. And, thirdly, that the same Church, notwithstanding the uttermost of the devil and all his malice, should continue. ![]() 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. In which words three things are to be noted: First, that Christ will have a Church in this world. 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. ![]() ![]() Foxe's Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe,, at įOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS CHAPTER I History of Christian Martyrs to the First General Persecutions Under NeroĬhrist our Savior, in the Gospel of St. ![]()
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