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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.
Attende & illud, quid si gens Anglorum (sicut in Francia, & Italia, & ab ipsis Paganis nobis improperatur) spretis legitimis matrimonijs per adulteria deficit: nascituraque sit ex ea commixtione gens ignava & Dei contemptrix,1 quae perditis moribus patriam pessundet: sicut Burgundionibus & provincialibus, & Hispanis contigit, quos Saraceni multis annis infestarunt propter peccata praeterita? Praeterea nunciatum est nobis, quòd multa privilegia Ecclesiarum & monasteriorum auferens, ad hoc audendù duces tuos exemplo provoces. Sed recogita quaeso quàm terribilem vindictam Deus in anteriores reges exercuit, eiusdem culpae conscios, quam in te arguimus. Nam Celredum praedecessorem tuum stupratorem Sanctimonialium, & ecclesiasticorum privilegiorum fractorem, splendidè cum suis comitibus epulantem spiritus malignus arripuit: & sine confessione & viatico, cum diabolo sermocinanti, & legem Dei detestanti animam extorsit. Osredum quoque regem Deiorum & Bernicorum, earundem culparum reum, ita effrenatum regem egit: ut regnum & ivvenilem aetatem contemptibili morte amitteret. Carolus quoque princeps Francorum monasteriorum multorum eversor, & Ecclesiasticarū pecuniarum in usus proprios commutator, longa tortione, & verenda morte consumptus est. Et mox infra: Quapropter filly Charissime, paternis & obnixis precibus deprecamur. ut non despicias consilium patrum tuorum, qui pro Dei amore celsitudinem tuam appellare satagunt. Nihil enim bono regi salubrius, quàm, fi talia commissa cum arguuntur, libenter emendentur. Quia per Salomonem dicitur: Qui diligit disciplinam, diligit sapientiam. Ideo, filly Charissime, oftendentes consilium justum, contestamur ⟨p. 129⟩& obsecramus per viventem Deum & per filium eius Jesum Christum, & per spiritum sanctum, ut recorderis quàm fugitiva sit vita praesens, & quam brevis & momentanea delectatio spurcae carnis: & quam ignominiosum sit, ut brevis vitae homo mala exempla in perpetuum posteris relinquat. Incipe ergo melioribus moribus vitam componere, & praeteritos errors ivventutis corrigere: ut hic coram hominibus laudem habeas, & in futuro aeterna gloria gaudeas. Valere celfitudinem tuam, & in bonis moribus proficere optamus.
Attende & illud, quid si gens Anglorum (sicut in Francia, & Italia, & ab ipsis Paganis nobis improperatur) spretis legitimis matrimonijs per adulteria deficit: nascituraque sit ex ea commixtione gens ignaua & Dei contemptrix,