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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
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.
In the mean time that he was in the kings bench, he was in great perturbation of mind and conscience: whereupon he wrote to master Philpot, then being in the Cole-house, and received from him a comfortable letter. He had been examined of Doctor Martin, who urged him to detect his fellows, and reasoned with him about Predestination, cavilling and scoffingly. He was a man of a most heavenly spirit, and wrote divers letters to sundry afflicted then for the Gospel,1 as to Philpot, to Bradford, to master Greene, master Whittle, M. Times, Henry Adlington, &c. a great number.
In the mean time yt he was in the kings bench, he was in great perturbation of minde and conscience: wherevppon hée wrote to maister Philpot, then beeing in the Cole-house, and receyued from him a comfortable letter. Hée had béen examined of Doctor Martin, who vrged him to detect his fellowes, and reasoned with him about Predestination, cauilling and scoffingly. Hée was a man of a most heauenly spirite, and wrote diuers letters to sundry afflicted then for the Gospel,1 as to Philpot, to Bradford, to maister Greene, maister Whitle, M. Timmes, Henry Adlington, &c. a great number.
- 1John Careless letters.Iohn Careles letters.
The same month of July suffered at Newbury 3. godly and constant martyrs of Christ, Julius Palmer, John Guin, Thomas Askine. 1Julius Palmer was sometime a Student and fellow of Magdalen College in Oxford, and afterward Schoolmaster in the Town of Reading. He was borne in Coventry, and before his calling to the knowledge of the trueth, a great adversary to the Gospel, and a contemner of the ministers of the trueth. In so much as he was expelled his College in the end of king Edwards days, for popery.