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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.
¶ Ex Inquisitorio quodam libello.
MOdus autem Valdensium talis est. &c. The whole process cometh to this effect in English.1 The manner of the Ualdenses is this: They kneeling upon their knees, leaning to some bank, or stay, do continue in their prayers with silence, so long as a man may say 30. or 40. times Pater noster. And this they do every day with great reverence, being amongest themselves, & such as be of their own religion, & no strangers with them, both before dinner & after: likewise before supper and after: also what time they go to bed: and in the morning when they rise, & at certain other times also, as well in the day as in the night. Item, they use no other prayer but the prayer of the Lord, & that without any Ave Maria and the Creed, which they affirm not to be put in for any prayer by Christ, but only by y• church of Rome. Albeit they have and use y• seven articles of faith concerning the divinity: and seven articles concerning the humanity, and the x. commandments, and seven works of mercy, which they have compiled together in a compendious book, glorying much in the same, & thereby offer themselves, ready to answer any man for their faith.
MOdus autem Valdensium talis est. &c. The whole proces commeth to this effect in English.1 The maner of the Ualdenses is this: They kneeling vpon their knees, leaning to some banke, or stay, doe continue in their prayers with silence, so long as a mā may say 30. or 40. times Pater noster. And this they doe euery day with great reuerence, being amongest thēselues, & such as be of their owne religion, & no straungers with thē, both before dinner & after: likewise before supper and after: also what time they go to bed: and in the morning when they rise, & at certain other times also, as well in ye day as in ye night. Itē, they vse no other prayer but the prayer of ye Lord, & that without any Aue Maria and the Creed, which they affirme not to be put in for any prayer by Christ, but only by y church of Rome. Albeit they haue and vse y seuē articles of fayth cōcerning the diuinity: and seuen articles concerning the humanity, and the x. commaundements, and seuen workes of mercy, which they haue compiled together in a cōpendious book, glorying much in the same, & therby offer themselues, ready to answere any man for theyr fayth.