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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 4: The fourth book.Volume 1 › Book 4: The fourth booke.
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She prophesied also of the Friars. In those days shall rise a senseless people, proud; greedy; without faith; and subtle: which shall eat the sins of the people, holding a certain ⟨p. 161⟩order of foolish devotion, under the feigned cloak of beggary, &c. But this order shall be accursed of all wise men and faithful Christians: they shall cease from all labour and give themselves over to idleness, choosing rather to live by flattery and begging, having familiarity with women, teaching them how to deceive their husbands, by their flattery and deceitful words, and to rob for them: for they will take all these stolen evil gotten goods, and say, give it unto us, & we will pray for you: so that they being curious to hide other mens faults, do utterly forget their own. And alas they will receive all things of rovers, pickers, spoilers, thieves, sacrilegious persons, usurers, adulterers, heretics, schismatics, apostates, whores, and bawds, of noblemen perjurers, merchants, false judges, soldiers, tyrants, princes, of such as live contrary to the law, and of many perverse and wicked men, following the persuasion of the Devil, the sweetness of sin, a delicate and transitory life, and fullness, even unto eternal damnation, &c.
Shee prophecied also of the Friers. In those dayes shall rise a senselesse people, proud; gréedie; without faith; and subtill: which shall eate the sinnes of ye people, holding a certain ⟨p. 161⟩order of foolish deuotion, vnder the fained cloke of beggery, &c. But this order shall be accursed of all wise men and faithfull Christians: they shall cease from all labour and giue themselues ouer to idlenesse, choosing rather to liue by flattery and begging, hauing familiaritie with women, teaching them how to deceiue their husbandes, by their flattery and deceitfull wordes, and to robbe for them: for they will take all these stolen euill gotten goods, and say, giue it vnto vs, & we will pray for you: so that they beyng curious to hide other mens faults, do vtterly forget their owne. And alas they will receiue all things of rouers, pickers, spoilers, théeues, sacrilegious persons, vsurers, adulterers, heretikes, schismatikes, apostataes, whores, and bawdes, of noblemen periurers, merchants, false iudges, souldiers, tyrants, princes, of such as liue contrary to the law, and of many peruerse and wicked men, following the perswasion of the Diuell, the swéetnesse of sinne, a delicate and transitorie life, and fulnes, euen vnto eternall damnation, &c.