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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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Moreover, this deponent saith, that the said Margery told her that the cursed Pope, Cardinals, Archbishops, and bishops, & specially the bishop of Norwich & others that support and maintain heresies and Idolatry, reigning & ruling over the people, shall shortly have the very same or worse mischief fall upon them, than that cursed man Thomas of Canterbury had. For they falsely and cursedly deceive the people with their false mammetries & laws, to extort money of the simple folk to sustain their pride, riot and idleness: And know assuredly that the vengeance of God will speedily come upon them, which have most cruelly slain the children of God,1 Father Abraham, & William White, a true preacher of the law of God, and John Wadden, with many other godly men: which vengeance had come upon the said Caiaphas, the Bishop of Norwich & his ministers, which are members of the devil, before this time, if the Pope had not sent over those false pardons unto these parties, which the said Caiaphas had falsely obtained to induce the people to make procession for the state of them and of the church. Which pardons brought the simple people to cursed idolatry.
Moreouer, this deponent sayth, that the sayd Margery told her that the cursed Pope, Cardinals, Archbishops, and bishops, & specially the bishop of Norwich & others that support and mayntayne heresies and Idolatry, raigning & ruling ouer the people, shall shortly haue the very same or worse mischiefe fall vpon them, thē that cursed mā Thomas of Canterbury had. For they falsly and cursedly deceiue the people with theyr false mammetries & lawes, to extort mony of the simple folke to sustayn theyr pride, riot and idlenes: And know assuredly that the vengeance of God will speedely come vpō them, which haue most cruelly slayne the children of God,1 Father Abraham, & William White, a true preacher of the law of God, and Iohn Wadden, with many other godly men: which vengeaunce had come vpon the sayd Cayphas, the Bishop of Norwich & his ministers, which are members of the deuill, before this time, if the Pope had not sent ouer those false pardons vnto these parties, which the sayd Cayphas had falsly obteyned to induce the people to make procession for the state of them and of the church. Which pardōs brought the simple people to cursed idolatry.
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