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An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church
An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the Church: written by that Reverend Father, Master John Fox: and now abridged by Timothy Bright, Doctor of Physic, for such as either through want of leisure, or ability have not the use of so necessary an historyAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie haue not the vse of so necessary an history
London: printed by I. Windet, 1589
Volume 1 › Book 5: The fifth Book.Volume 1 › Book 5: The fifth Booke.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And thus much concerning the death of I. Huss, who was burned at Constance, an. 1415. about the month of Julie. Being in prison,1 he wrote divers treatises: of the commandments of the Lord, of prayer, of mortal sin, of matrimony, of the knowledge and love of God, of three enemies of mankind, the flesh, the world, and the devil, of repentance, of the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, of the sufficiency of the law of God to rule the church, &c. He had also many prophetical visions.
And thus much concerning the death of I. Husse, who was burned at Constance, an. 1415. about the moneth of Iulie. Being in prison,1 he wrote diuers treatises: of the commandemēts of the Lord, of prayer, of mortal sinne, of matrimonie, of the knowledge and loue of God, of thrée enemies of mankind, the flesh, the world, and the deuill, of repentance, of the sacrament of the body and bloud of Christ, of the sufficiencie of the law of God to rule the church, &c. He had also many prophetical visions.
- 1Treatises of H. in prison.
An. 1415. §1415April iiij. M. Jerome of Prague, grievously sorrowing for the slanderous reproach, and defamation of his country of Bohemia: & also, hearing tell of the manifest injuries done unto the man of worthy memory: I. Huss, freely, and of his own accord, came to Constance,1 & there perceiving that I. Huss was denied to be heard: and that watch and ward was laid for him on every side, he departed to Iberlinge, a City of the Empire, until the next day, which City was a mile from Constance. From thence he wrote his Letters to Sigismund king of Hungary, and his barons, requiring him of safe conduct: which being denied him, the next day he wrote certain intimations, which he sent to Constance, to be set upon the gates of the city, & of the churches, & monasteries,