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Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol.…
Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol. 1] with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland. Newly revised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time again published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the help of Christ our Lord) John Fox, which desireth thee good reader to help him with thy prayer.Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.
London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583
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 because mention is made here of Caesarea, there followeth in the next chapter of the same author, a strange miracle if it be true, which he there reporteth, how that out of the same City was the woman, which in the gospel came to our Saviour, and was healed of her bloody issue. Her house being in the City of Caesarea, before the door thereof was set up a certain pillar of stone, & upon the pillar, an Image was made of brass, of a woman meekly knelling on her knees, and holding up her hands, as one that had some suit. Against the which there was an other Image also of a man proportioned of the same metal, cunningly engraven, in a short seemly vestur•, & stretching forth his hand to the woman.1 At the foot of which pillar grew up a certain herb of a strange kind, but of a more strange operation, which growing up to the hem of his vesture, & once touching the same, is said to have such virtue, that it was able to cure all manner of diseases. This picture of the man, (they say) represented the image of Christ. The history is written in Eusebius, as is said, the credit whereof I refer to the Reader, whether he will think it true or false. If he think it false, yet I have showed him mine author: if he think it true, then must he think with all that this miraculous operation of the herb, proceeded neither by the virtue of the picture, nor by the prayer of the other being both dumb pictures, and engraven no doubt at that time by the hand of Infidels, but to be wrought by some secret permission of God his wisdom, either to reduce the Infidels at that time to the belief of the story,2 or to admonish the Christians to consider with them selves what strength and health was to be looked for only of Christ, and no other advocate, seeing the dumb picture engraven in Brass, gave his efficacy to a poor herb to cure so many diseases. This picture saith Eusebius remained also to his time which was under Constantinus the great.
And because mention is made here of Cesarea, there foloweth in ye next chapter of ye same author, a strange miracle if it be true, which he there reporteth, howe yt out of the same City was the woman, which in ye gospel came to our Sauiour, and was healed of her bloudy issue. Her house being in the Citye of Cesarea, before the doore thereof was set vp a certayne pyller of stone, & vpon the piller, an Image was made of brasse, of a woman mekely knelyng on her knes, and holding vp her hands, as one that had some sute. Against the which there was an other Image also of a man proportioned of the same mettall, cūningly engrauen, in a short semely vestur, & stretching forth his hand to the woman.