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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
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Besides this, the said Gregory sendeth also an other letter to Mellitus, 1concerning his judgement what is to be done with the idolatrous temples and Phanes of the Englishmen newly converted, which Phanes he thinketh not best to pluck down, but to convert the use thereof, and so let them stand. And likewise of their sacrifices and killing of Oxen, how the same ought to be ordered, and how to be altered: disputing by the occasions thereof, of the sacrifices of the old Egyptians, permitted of God unto the Israelites the end […] thereof being altered. &c.
Besides this, the said Gregory sendeth also an other letter to Mellitus, 1concerning his iudgement what is to bee done with the idolatrous temples and Phanes of the Englishmen newly cōuerted, which Phanes he thinketh not best to plucke downe, but to conuert the vse thereof, and so let them stand. And likewise of their sacrifices and killyng of Oxen, how the same ought to be ordered, and howe to bee altered: disputing by the occasions therof, of the sacrifices of the old Egiptians, permitted of God vnto the Israelits the ende 〈…〉 thereof being altered. &c.
- 1A letter […] Gregory to Mellitus.A letter 〈…〉 Gregory to Mellitus.
He sendeth also an other letter to the foresaid Austen, 1wherein he warneth him not to be proud or puffed up, for the miracles wrought of God by him, in converting the people of England, but rather to fear and tremble, least so much as he were puffed up by the outward work of miracles, so much he should fall inwardly through the vain glory of his hart: and therefore wisely exhorteth him to repress the swelling glory of hart, with the remembrance of his sins rather against God, whereby he rather hath cause to lament, then to rejoice for the other. Not all the elect of God (saith he) worketh miracles, and yet have they their names written in the book of life. And therefore he should not count so much of those miracles done, but rejoice rather with the Disciples of Christ, & labour to have his name written in the book of life, where all the elect of God be contained, neither is there any end of that rejoicing. And whatsoever miracles it hath pleased god by him to have been done, he should remember they were not done for him: but for their conversion, whose salvation god sought thereby, &c.